The news article that I found in the San Diego Union tribune talks about Head start preschools in San Diego. The article was titled “Head Start preschool accused of negligence.” This article in particular discusses how the license of a Head start in the Encinitas area was revoked due to many different complaints. In February, The Head Start by the Sea in Encinitas field to supervise a 4-year-old child who was able to tie a rope around his neck. Although no major damages were done, it was stated that the child suffered minor hemorrhages in his eyes and the line from the rope was visible on the boy’s neck. This head start program did not notify the boy’s mother of the incident but rather accused the incident of happening outside of the classroom. Rudolph Johnson III, the Neighborhood House president, stated, “We believe it happened at home(McDonald,2008).” Head Start took no responsibility of the unsupervised boy and was not promoting policies for the well being of the child. This child was in a dangerous position with no supervision.
This incident violated the code of ethics in many different ways. First, the code of ethics states in principle 1.1 that the center will not “harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, or intimidating to children. In this instance, the little 4-year-old boy was unsupervised allowing him to harm himself. Also, the boy must have learned to tie a knot somewhere. The abrasion to the neck and minor hemorrhages in the eyes clearly violated this code of ethics showing the boy was harmed at the head start center. This article also violated principle 2.9, which stated, “ We shall inform the family of injuries and incidents involving their child, of risks such as exposures.” The mother of the boy was not notified of his injuries at