W. Va. Code R. § 78-21-11

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Section 78-21-11 - Guidance and Discipline

11.1. Positive Guidance.

11.1.a. The program staff shall use guidance that helps the children understand age-appropriate behavior.

11.1.b. An out-of-school-time child care program shall have rules that are fair, consistent, and relevant to the children's ages.

11.1.c. An out-of-school-time child care program may use a time-out that lasts no more than one minute for each year of a child's age and only for the purpose of helping a child regain control. Time-out must be under adequate supervision.

11.2. Negative Discipline. Program staff shall not use any of the following harmful forms of discipline:

11.2.a. Punishing a child physically including spanking, hitting, kicking, biting, shaking, popping, swatting, thumping, pinching, shoving, spitting, forced exercise, or other cruel treatment;

11.2.b. Punishing or threatening a child in association with food, sleep, rest, or personal hygiene;

11.2.c. Putting anything in or on a child's mouth as punishment;

11.2.d. Confining a child in a closet or locked room or using physical restraints for confinement;

11.2.e. Using loud, profane, or abusive language or threats of physical punishment;

11.2.f. Punishing a child psychologically including public or private humiliation, shaming, and negative remarks about the child or child's family;

11.2.g. Punishing a child emotionally; and

11.2.h. Allowing a child to punish another child or children in care.

11.3. Program staff shall not seek or accept parental permission to use any punishments or acts prohibited in this rule.

W. Va. Code R. § 78-21-11