Bayview Manor (Bayview Intergenerational Children's Center)

Observation

During staff interviews, it was reported by a staff present in the classroom (CP) that another staff member (JB) held the wrists of three toddlers and prevented them from getting up or leaving their spot on two occasions from 4 to 20 mintues at a time. This form of restraint on a child is not part of the provider's policy/procedure handbooks and is not permitted for use by center staff. Staff member JB reportedly restrained the children for so long that the children went from being regulated and engaging initially to hysterical and sobbing, asking to leave and for their parents. According to staff witness present, the safety of the three toddlers involved, and the other toddlers present, was not threatened following the staff member's intervention with the toddler's playing with the sink faucet and classroom door. ?? "No observation provided."