Emotional Support and Classroom Organization – Prohibited behavior, discipline, and physical removal of children Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Conflicts with revisions; Concerns; ECEAP, Head Start, Suggested Alternate Schools District Language Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-6025 WAC 170-295-2040 170-300-0331 Prohibited interactions. What behavior Prohibited behavior, discipline, and management and physical removal of children. In the presence of the children guidance practices must I An early learning provider must intervene in care the licensee and staff have in place? immediately when a child or children are must not or allow others to: (5) Prevent and teasing, bickering, fighting, bullying, prohibit any person on intimidating or becoming physically (1) Use profanity, obscene the premises from using aggressive. A provider must take steps to language, "put downs," or cruel, unusual, protect children from the harmful acts of cultural or racial slurs; hazardous, frightening, or other children, pursuant to WAC (2) Have angry or hostile humiliating discipline, Weight #7 interactions; including but not limited (3) Use name calling or to: An early learning provider must not make derogatory, shaming or (a) Corporal allow: humiliating remarks; or punishment including Profanity, obscene language, “put (4) Use or threaten to use biting, jerking, shaking, downs,” or cultural or racial slurs; any form of physical harm or spanking, slapping, Angry or hostile interactions; inappropriate discipline, such hitting, striking, kicking, Threats of physical harm or as, but not limited to: pinching, flicking or any inappropriate discipline such as, but (a) Spanking children; other means of inflicting not limited to spanking, biting, (b) Biting, jerking, physical pain or causing jerking, kicking, hitting, slapping, kicking, hitting, or shaking; bodily harm to the child; grabbing, shaking, pulling hair, (c) Pulling hair; (b) Verbal abuse pushing, shoving, throwing a child, (d) Pushing, shoving or such as yelling, shouting, or inflicting pain or humiliation as a throwing a child; or name calling, shaming, punishment; (e) Inflicting pain or making derogatory humiliation as a punishment
Emotional Support and Classroom Organization – Prohibited behavior, discipline, and physical removal of children 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-6025 Prohibited interactions. In the presence of the children in care the licensee and staff must not or allow others to: (1) Use profanity, obscene language, "put downs," or cultural or racial slurs; (2) Have angry or hostile interactions; (3) Use name calling or make derogatory, shaming or humiliating remarks; or (4) Use or threaten to use any form of physical harm or inappropriate discipline, such as, but not limited to: (a) Spanking children; (b) Biting, jerking, kicking, hitting, or shaking; (c) Pulling hair; (d) Pushing, shoving or throwing a child; or (e) Inflicting pain or humiliation as a punishment WAC 170-295-2040 What behavior management and guidance practices must I have in place? (5) Prevent and prohibit any person on the premises from using cruel, unusual, hazardous, frightening, or humiliating discipline, including but not limited to: (a) Corporal punishment including biting, jerking, shaking, spanking, slapping, hitting, striking, kicking, pinching, flicking or any other means of inflicting physical pain or causing bodily harm to the child; (b) Verbal abuse such as yelling, shouting, name calling, shaming, making derogatory 170-300-0331 Prohibited behavior, discipline, and physical removal of children. An early learning provider must intervene immediately when a child or children are teasing, bickering, fighting, bullying, intimidating or becoming physically aggressive. A provider must take steps to protect children from the harmful acts of other children, pursuant to WAC Weight #7 An early learning provider must not allow: Profanity, obscene language, “put downs,” or cultural or racial slurs; Angry or hostile interactions; Threats of physical harm or inappropriate discipline such as, but not limited to spanking, biting, jerking, kicking, hitting, slapping, grabbing, shaking, pulling hair, pushing, shoving, throwing a child, or inflicting pain or humiliation as a punishment;
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