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Emotional Support and Classroom Organization – Positive relationships and child guidance Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC revisions; Concerns; Suggested Alternate Language Conflicts with ECEAP, Head Start, Schools District Standards and Practices . WAC 170-296A-6050 Guidance and discipline. The licensee and staff must use consistent, fair and positive guidance and discipline methods. These methods must be appropriate to the child's developmental level, abilities, culture and are related to the child's behavior. (1) Only the licensee or primary staff person trained in the licensee's expected standards may discipline a child in care. (2) The licensee is responsible for developing a written policy including: (a) Setting standards for guidance and discipline; (b) Communicating to parents, guardians, and children in care what the policy is; WAC 170-295-2040 What behavior management and guidance practices must I have in place? You must: (1) Develop and implement written behavior management and guidance practices for the center; (2) Guide the child's behavior based on an understanding of the individual child's needs and stage of development; (3) Promote the child's developmentally appropriate social behavior, self-control, and respect for the rights of others; (4) Ensure behavior management and 170-300-0330 Positive relationships and child guidance. An early learning provider must work to maintain positive relationships with children by using consistent guidance techniques to children learn to get along with each other. Weight #6 Guidance techniques must adapt an early learning program’s environment, routines, and activities to a child’s developmental level, abilities, culture, and relate to the child’s behavior. The guidance techniques may include: Coaching appropriate behavior; Modeling and teaching social skills such as taking turns, cooperation, waiting, self-control, respect for the rights of others, treating others kindly, and conflict resolution; Offering choices; Distracting;