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Behavior
Discipline Policy
North Carolina State Law G.S. 110-106, section .0608,
specifies the following concerning discipline:
No child
shall be subjected to any form of corporal punishment
by the owner/operator, director, or staff
of any day care facility.
- No child shall be handled
roughly in any way, including shaking, pushing,
shoving, pinching, slapping, biting,
kicking, or spanking.
- No child will ever be placed
in a locked room, closet, or box.
- No discipline
shall ever be delegated to another child.
Discipline
shall in no way be related to food, rest, or toileting.
- No food shall be withheld,
or given as a means of discipline.
- No child
shall ever be disciplined for lapses in toilet
training.
- No child shall ever be disciplined
for not sleeping during rest period.
CHDCC staff will, of course,
uphold these provisions of the law.
Behavior Management
Policy
The purpose of this policy is to guide the Center
staff in managing children’s behavior and
to inform parent(s)/guardian(s) of the behavior
management goals
and methods of the Center. The goal of all behavior
management techniques used by the staff
is to promote the safety, well-being, comfort,
and
happiness
of all children in the Center, and to create
an environment
that encourages the development of physical,
emotional, cognitive, and social skills. The
behavior management
techniques listed below will be used to teach
children acceptable behavior. Acceptable behavior
is behavior
that is safe and that shows respect for the rights,
feelings, and property of self and others.
The
Center staff will use the following behavior
management methods:
- engaging
children in a daily schedule of activities appropriate
to children’s
developmental levels;
- providing prompt attention
to the individual needs of the child;
- giving
attention, praise and encouragement for appropriate
behavior
- using empathy, patience, firmness
and consistency;
- modeling appropriate behavior;
- communicating clear
expectations of acceptable behavior to children
in ways they can understand;
- setting consistent limits
on unacceptable behavior and communicating limits
to children
in ways they can understand;
- redirecting children from unacceptable behavior
to other acceptable activities;
and/or
- allowing children to experience the natural or
logical consequences of their unacceptable
behavior when appropriate.
The following procedures will be used if the methods
listed above are unacceptable:
- If
a child requires more than 15 minutes away from
the group in order to regain
control of his behavior, parent(s)/guardian(s) will be notified and the
incident will be documented by the staff.
- If, in
the teacher’s judgment, a child’s
behavior prevents
him/her from coping with the demands of a group
situation on a particular
day,
the parent(s)/guardian(s)
will be called to
take
the child home for the remainder of the
day.
- If a child develops a pattern of disruptive
or destructive behavior, either
physical or verbal, the teacher will notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the
Director.
The parent(s)/guardian(s),
teacher, and
a member of the administrative staff will meet to develop
a mutually agreeable plan to address
the problem behavior. If such a plan cannot be agreed upon, the parent(s)/guardian(s)
may be asked to
remove the child from the
Center. If a plan is developed but fails to prove successful
after a reasonable period of time,
the parent(s)/guardian(s) and teachers will meet again. A new plan
may be developed or the parent(s)/guardian(s) may be
asked to remove the child from the Center.
In any case where the safety or well-being of the other children is
in jeopardy, parent(s)/guardian(s) could
be asked to
remove their child immediately.
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