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⚠️ USE CASE · INCIDENT REPORTS

Incidents happen. Disputes don't have to.

A bumped forehead at 3 PM is stressful enough. File the report while it's fresh, sign it, and the parent acknowledges and signs from their phone: same day, no paper form to chase at pickup.

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✍️ Parent signs from their phone 📄 Auto-generated PDF 🔗 Daily log cross-reference

From ice pack to signed PDF in three minutes.

Documented the same day it happened, while everyone remembers it the same way.

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File it while it's fresh

Structured fields walk you through it (what happened, where, first aid given, further action, who was involved), plus an optional injury photo.

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You sign, they sign

Sign on the spot or reuse your saved profile signature. The guardian gets a notification and signs from their phone, drawn with a finger.

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It files itself

The PDF generates automatically and a cross-reference is written into the child's daily log: the incident, the day, and the signatures stay connected.

SAME DAY, NOT SOMEDAY

One shared record, signed by both of you.

Memories drift by Friday. A report the parent acknowledged and signed the same afternoon doesn't. If a question ever comes up, you're both looking at the same signed PDF: what happened, the first aid given, and any further action taken.

🩹 First aid & further action fields 📷 Optional injury photo 📱 Parents view & sign on any plan
HOW YOU SOLVE IT IN CUBBYBOOK

Incident to signed PDF, in five steps

The exact flow in the app, with the real buttons named.

  1. 1

    Start the report PRO

    From Incident Reports in your sidebar or the Quick Actions shortcut on your dashboard, usually while the ice pack is still on.

    Incident ReportsQuick Actions
  2. 2

    Fill in the structured form

    What happened and how, the location from a fixed list, whether first aid was given and by whom, any further action, whether the parent was notified, and the child's participation after, from full participation to sent home.

  3. 3

    Sign it

    Your saved profile signature is offered by default, or draw a fresh one. Submitting moves the report to Pending Acknowledgment.

    Draw a different signature
  4. 4

    The family is notified instantly

    Guardians get an email linking straight to the report, the card pins to the top of their feed until it's signed, and an Incident Reference entry writes itself into the child's daily log.

    Acknowledge & Sign
  5. 5

    The parent signs from their phone

    They draw their signature with a finger and confirm. The report becomes Signed, the PDF generates at that moment, and both of you can download it.

    Sign Report

What you end up with: a signed Accident / Incident Report PDF on file the same day, cross-referenced in the daily log: the kind of record that ends disputes before they start.

Incident report questions

Do parents sign digitally? +
Yes. After you complete and sign the incident report, the guardian gets a notification and signs directly from their phone, drawing their signature with a finger in the parent portal. No paper form to print, hand over, or chase.
Is the report stored as a PDF? +
Yes. Every incident report is auto-generated as a signed PDF and stored in CubbyBook. Download it anytime for your own files, for the family, or as part of the records commonly requested during licensing visits, inspections, and agency reviews.
Does it link to daily logs? +
Yes. When you file an incident report, a cross-reference is automatically written into the child's daily log for that date, so the incident, the day it happened, and the signatures all stay connected.
Is this a Pro feature? +
Filing incident reports is a Pro feature ($15/month or $149/year), and the 14-day free trial includes full Pro access. Parents can view and sign incident reports on any plan.

The worst moment of the day, handled.

Structured reports, same-day signatures, and PDFs that file themselves: documentation that supports the conversation with the family instead of adding to the stress.

✓ Educator + parent signatures ✓ Auto-generated PDF ✓ Daily log cross-reference
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