Section 17-896-13 - Program provisions The program conducted in the facility shall provide for staff supervision at all times and an environment and experiences which, are aimed at promoting the individual child's physical, emotional, and social well-being and growth. This shall be done in the following ways:
(1) At least twenty-five percent of the program time shall be spent in gross motor activities, such as running, climbing and other vigorous activities, to promote physical development.(2) To promote emotional development the program shall provide that: (A) There are opportunities for individual self-expression;(B) Each child is recognized as an individual;.(C) The child is afforded constructive guidance and the -setting of clear-cut limits which foster the child's ability to be self-disciplined;(D) Each child's personal privacy is respected;(E) Providers shall not use: (i) physical punishment, or(ii) methods of influencing behavior which are frightening, humiliating, damaging, or injurious to the child's health or self-esteem;(F) Providers respect each child's cultural, ethnic, and family background, as well as the child's primary language or dialect; and(G) Provision shall be made for a place for each child's personal belongings.(3) Programs to promote social development shall provide that:(A) Children are guided in developing and working out ways of getting along with each other;(B) Providers interact with the children in ways which emphasize and foster attitudes of mutual respect between adults and children; and(C) Providers behave in ways which help the children develop attitudes of respect for all other persons as individuals and develop an appreciation of cultural and ethnic diversity.(4) The activities and experiences provided by the program are appropriate to the develops mental level of the children;(5) The program provides a balance of active and quiet activities; and(6) The program shall provide for the self-direction of the children by: (A) Affording children opportunities to choose activities according to personal desires and interests and to move from one activity to another;(B) Encouraging children to do things independently; and(C) Providing children opportunities to be involved in decision making about group and individual activities.[Eff 2/9/89; comp DEC 19 2002] (Auth: HRS § 346-162) (Imp: HRS § 346-162; 42 U.S.C. §§2002, 2005, 9833 )