to support compliance with the Corrective Action Plan is tenuiI'ed.
Unless otherwise noted, compliance with the Corrective Action Plan
shall within two weeks after this Notice is received- Failtn-c
to comply with the Corrective Action Plan could result in ?nther
administrative action, including the assessment of a Civil Penalty up
to ?ve hundred dollars {Sid??m as authorized by Child Care Rules
IDA NCAC lit? and .2213th2].

BASIS FDR 

On June 15. Ell-3?, and June 23, EMT. a Child Abuse'lieglect Consultant of the Division ofChild
Development visited Tabernacle Christian Day Care to investigate a report alleging child neglect
The Division's investigation determined the following infonnation;

On June 13, 2001', [aura McLaughlin. staff member, cared for a group ofchildrco, two years of
age. ?ts the group was exiting the after eating lunch, one ofthe children became ?115:1 because
the child wanted to stay in the with the child?s motherI who is also employed at the facility-
l'vls. McLaugldintsied to getthe child to stand in line and holdontoa rope that isused when the
children are out of the classroom. The child re?ned and began to have a temper tantrum Ms
McLaughlin stated to the Child Ahuse'Heglect Consultant during an interview on June 15, 
that after trying to get the child to cooperate with her, to no avail, she pmceeded to nyand givethe
child a ?hot hand? for misbehaving as described in the center's discipline policy- The discipline
policy, which is on ?le at the Division of Child Development. states that a one or two- yearnid
child will he popped once on the open palm {"hot hand") with the staff member?s hand after all
other methods to modify the child?s behavior have been exhausted.

lids. McLaughlin said that the child re?lsed to open their hand for her to hit the child on the palm of
the hand so she had to hitthechild about foils-times onthe child?s ?st and then three timesoo the
child?s open palm, which violated the centefs discipline policy that speci?ed one pop on the open
palm of the hand. 1till-ten his. McLaughlin administered corpotni punishment that was some harsh
than is allowed by the center's discipline policy, site did not attend to the child ht a nil-airing and
appropriate manner, a violation ofHorth Carolina?enerel Statute regardingcare and
treatment of children. his. McLaughlin ?trther stated to the Child Abuselhieglect that
she did not thin]: she left any marks on the child'swrist; howevts, the child?s mother showed the
Child Abuse??ieglect Consultant pictures that she tool: with her cellular telephone apwoxhnately
ten minute5 after the incident occurred. The pictures showed a red area on the child?s wr'mt.
Thechild's motherstated ?inta?erahout one andahalt'hoto-mhcredness wasgone. Themodser
is still employed at the facility and the child is still ettrolled.

lvlr. Cotticit took personnel action against his. McLaughlin. suspending her from work for one and
a half days.

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July 5. 200?, the Division of Child Development received written noti?cation from Union
County Department of Social Services that child neglect was sutntantiated at the conclusion