Inspection · 2025-11-10
Date
2025-11-10
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Heather Dapper
(804) 625-2304
(804) 625-2304
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
Violations
3Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center's activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center's own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.
1. The center?s discipline policy states that ?The following actions or threats; therefore, are forbidden: Physical punishment, striking a child, roughly handling or shaking a child, restricting movement through binding or tying, forcing a child to assume and un-comfortable position or exercise as punishment".
2. On November 6, 2025, video footage showed staff #1 grabbed child #1 (2 years old) under the arm, and aggressively put him on the ground in response to the child attempting to bit staff #1.
1. The center?s discipline policy states that ?The following actions or threats; therefore, are forbidden: Physical punishment, striking a child, roughly handling or shaking a child, restricting movement through binding or tying, forcing a child to assume and un-comfortable position or exercise as punishment".
2. On November 6, 2025, video footage showed staff #1 grabbed child #1 (2 years old) under the arm, and aggressively put him on the ground in response to the child attempting to bit staff #1.
Plan of Correction: Advent did everything per our policy. We do not tolerate rough handling of a child. The was reported to Administration immediately when it happened by another staff member. That same afternoon follow out investigation and review of our camera footage, we spoke with the employee and she was fired immediately. This happened at the end of the day on 11/06/25. I reported to the mother of child involved at 6 PM on 11/06/25. Reported to VDSS on 11/06/25 and to VDOE on 11/07/25.
Standard 8VAC20-780-400-B
Behavior guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflict.
On November 6, 2025, video footage showed two children trying to sit on the same see-saw seat. Child #1 (2 years old) sat down first and staff #1 came over and began holding down the see-saw so that it would not move. Child #1 continued to try and move the see-saw while staff #1 had both hands on the handlebars. Child #1 attempted to bit staff #1?s right hand and staff #1 threw her arm up, grabbed child #1 under the arm, and aggressively put him on the ground.
On November 6, 2025, video footage showed two children trying to sit on the same see-saw seat. Child #1 (2 years old) sat down first and staff #1 came over and began holding down the see-saw so that it would not move. Child #1 continued to try and move the see-saw while staff #1 had both hands on the handlebars. Child #1 attempted to bit staff #1?s right hand and staff #1 threw her arm up, grabbed child #1 under the arm, and aggressively put him on the ground.
Plan of Correction: Advent did everything per our policy. We do not tolerate rough handling of a child. The was reported to Administration immediately when it happened by another staff member. That same afternoon follow out investigation and review of our camera footage, we spoke with the employee and she was fired immediately. This happened at the end of the day on 11/06/25. I reported to the mother of child involved at 6 PM on 11/06/25. Reported to VDSS on 11/06/25 and to VDOE on 11/07/25.
Standard 8VAC20-780-410-1
The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: roughly handling a child.
On November 6, 2025, video footage showed staff #1 on the playground. Staff #1 was observed picking up child #1 (2 years old) by one arm and aggressively putting him down on the ground. Video footage showed that child #1 was laying face down on the ground when staff #1 let go of his arm.
On November 6, 2025, video footage showed staff #1 on the playground. Staff #1 was observed picking up child #1 (2 years old) by one arm and aggressively putting him down on the ground. Video footage showed that child #1 was laying face down on the ground when staff #1 let go of his arm.
Plan of Correction: Advent does not tolerate rough handling of a child. The employee was fired immediately.