No child shall be subject to any form of corporate punishment. Praise and positive
reinforcement are effective methods of the behavior management of children. When children
receive positive, non-violent, and understanding interactions from adults and others, they
develop good self-concepts, problem solving abilities, and self-disciple. Based on this belief of
how children learn and develop values, tis facility will practice the following age and
developmentally appropriate discipline and behavior management policy:
We:
1. DO praise, reward, and encourage the children.
2. DO reason with and set limits for the children.
3. DO model appropriate behavior for the children.
4. DO modify the classroom environment to
attempt to prevent problems before they occur.
5. DO listen to the children.
6. DO provide alternatives for in appropriate
behavior to the children.
7. DO provide the children with natural and logical
consequences of their behaviors.
8. DO treat the children as people and respect their
needs, desires, and feelings.
9. DO ignore minor misbehaviors.
10. DO explain things to children on their
level.
11. DO use short, supervised periods of time-out
sparingly.
12. DO stay consistent in our behavior
management program.
13. DO use effective guidance and behavior
management techniques that focus on a child’s
development.
We:
1. DO NOT handle children roughly in any way,
including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching,
slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking.
2. DO NOT place children in a locked room,
closet, or box or leave children alone in a room
separated from staff.
3. DO NOT delegate discipline to another child.
4. DO NOT withhold food as punishment or give
food as a means of reward. 5.DO NOT discipline for toileting accidents.
6. DO NOT discipline for not sleeping during rest period.
7. DO NOT discipline children by assigning
chores that require contact with or use of
hazardous materials, such as cleaning bathrooms,
floors, or emptying diaper pails.
8. DO NOT withhold or require
physical activity, such as running laps and doing
push-ups, as punishment.
9. DO NOT yell at, shame, humiliate, frighten,
threaten, or bully children.
10. DO NOT restrain children as a form of
discipline unless the child’s safety or the safety of
others
