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The Goddard School

Inspection · 2025-04-24

Date
2025-04-24
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Cathy Aylor
(540) 222-6352
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 4/24/25. The on-site inspection began at 11:45 am and ended at 2:15pm The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 78 children present and 12 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site.

This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 5/9/25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-E
The center's procedures for administering medication shall Include duration of the parent's authorization for medication, provided that it shall expire or be renewed after 10 work days. Long-term prescription drug use and over-the- counter medication may be allowed with written authorization from the child's physician and parent.

1. The medication authorization form used by the center did not identify the center as having the authority to administer a prescribed medication for child A.
2. There was no parental authorization for two medications for child B.
Plan of Correction: New authorization forms were given to parents to include the Goddard school as the authority to administer- 5/23/25.
Parents were asked to sign the two forms- 5/9/25.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-I
The center may administer prescription medication that would normally be administered by a parent or guardian to a child provided the center administers only those drugs that were dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original, labeled container.

A prescribed medication for child A was not in the original labeled prescription container.
Plan of Correction: Parents were asked to provide the original packaging, they ordered a new medication.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services