POSITIVE APPROACHES Standard 1.2 Program uses positive approaches to guide group interaction and individual behaviour Basic Benchmark Quality Indicator Innovation and Promising Practices Program has participant guidelines. Formal structure Agency has a descriptive Agency has positive discipline Discipline Policy for licensed Increased accessibility guidelines for parents posted on a Programs, which also guides Relevance large sign in the Family Centre other non-licensed programming playroom: such as parent-child drop-ins. corporal punishment; Participant agreement outlining interventions that involve respectful interactions with withholding nutrition or families. hydration, or that inflict physical or psychological pain; Program goes over group isolation; etiquette regularly and/or posts ignoring the child; guidelines in the facility. group punishment for individual behaviour; labelling a child ‘good’ or ‘bad’; the use of demeaning, shaming or degrading language or activities; punitive overuse of time outs. How do we do it? Potential Action Items:
POSITIVE APPROACHES Standard 1.2 Program uses positive approaches to guide group interaction and individual behaviour Basic Benchmark Quality Indicator Program has participant guidelines. Agency has positive discipline guidelines for parents posted on a large sign in the Family Centre playroom: corporal punishment; interventions that involve withholding nutrition or hydration, or that inflict physical or psychological pain; isolation; ignoring the child; group punishment for individual behaviour; labelling a child ‘good’ or ‘bad’; the use of demeaning, shaming or degrading language or activities; punitive overuse of time outs. Formal structure Increased accessibility Relevance Innovation and Promising Practices Agency has a descriptive Discipline Policy for licensed Programs, which also guides other non-licensed programming such as parent-child drop-ins. Participant agreement outlining respectful interactions with families. Program goes over group etiquette regularly and/or posts guidelines in the facility. How do we do it? Potential Action Items:
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