This question is primarily for people who work or have worked in daycare centers.
What is/was your center's policy regarding accident/incident reports?
I got in trouble today for filling out the report "wrong"when I was told to fill one out. It was a pretty basic one child bit another- unprovoked. In fact, prior to the bite, the children were not interacting with each other in any way.
I filled out the report for the child who was bitten. "While playing, another child bit [name] on the back of her right shoulder."
In the past, incident reports were extremely important. They must be completed in blue or black ink. Full legal names of staff are required. If you make a mistake, you must destroy/discard the report and fill out a new one.
Nope. Apparently, last names are NOT allowed on incident reports at this center. And my use of "child" instead of "a friend" in the report was wrong. I could understand not using gender specific language for the child who bit, but there was nothing inaccurate about saying "another child."
Also, do you fill out reports for the children who initiate the injury? The director thinks it's insane to write out a report saying "When playing with toys, [Name] bit another child." She says that kids collide and hurt each other all the time. I don't think you should write out a report if a child bumps into another and a child falls and gets hurt, that's one thing. If a child PUSHES another child (or bites, scratches, otherwise attacks a child and injures a child as a result), I was always taught that you document that behavior.
Of course, the fact that I didn't automatically know their policies and I was trained at a center with very strict policies in place regarding incident/accident reports was an issue.
What is/was your center's policy regarding accident/incident reports?
I got in trouble today for filling out the report "wrong"when I was told to fill one out. It was a pretty basic one child bit another- unprovoked. In fact, prior to the bite, the children were not interacting with each other in any way.
I filled out the report for the child who was bitten. "While playing, another child bit [name] on the back of her right shoulder."
In the past, incident reports were extremely important. They must be completed in blue or black ink. Full legal names of staff are required. If you make a mistake, you must destroy/discard the report and fill out a new one.
Nope. Apparently, last names are NOT allowed on incident reports at this center. And my use of "child" instead of "a friend" in the report was wrong. I could understand not using gender specific language for the child who bit, but there was nothing inaccurate about saying "another child."
Also, do you fill out reports for the children who initiate the injury? The director thinks it's insane to write out a report saying "When playing with toys, [Name] bit another child." She says that kids collide and hurt each other all the time. I don't think you should write out a report if a child bumps into another and a child falls and gets hurt, that's one thing. If a child PUSHES another child (or bites, scratches, otherwise attacks a child and injures a child as a result), I was always taught that you document that behavior.
Of course, the fact that I didn't automatically know their policies and I was trained at a center with very strict policies in place regarding incident/accident reports was an issue.
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