Are The Employees At Your Daycare Center Properly Trained?

After the tragic death of two-year-old Sir Anthony Smith in a daycare van in Dallas this month, many Texas parents, child safety experts, and lawmakers have turned their attention to just how much training daycare workers receive and whether it is enough.

While 2009 saw the passing of Jacob’s law in Texas, which requires that any daycare employees who transport children should require two extra hours of safety training, many people believe that although the law is good, it is certainly not enough to protect our children.

While it comes to daycare abuse and neglect lawsuits, many people think of evil daycare workers who hit children or neglect them on purpose. The sad truth is that many daycare injuries and accidents occur because of under trained or inexperienced workers who simply don’t know what they are doing could be wrong or dangerous.

An untrained or inexperienced daycare worker might:

• Not know what to do in an emergency situation.
• Not know how to supervise a large number of children.
• Not understand the appropriate ways of disciplining children.
• Not understand how to properly transport children safely to and from daycare.
• Not understand safe activities for children or appropriate behavior.

When an untrained or inexperienced daycare worker has a part in your child’s accident and injury, who is to blame? While cases vary widely, it is sometimes the fault of the daycare itself for not properly training or supervising their employees. The best way to better understand your daycare child injury case is to talk to a Dallas daycare abuse lawyer about your case. Call us today for more information.