Section 170-297-6000 - Interactions with childrenThe licensee and program staff must:
(1) Actively seek out meaningful conversations with children and talk about events of importance to the child;(2) Be available and responsive to children and interact on the child's level, encouraging them to ask questions, share experiences, ideas and feelings;(3) Encourage children to evaluate a problem and form a resolution rather than impose an adult solution; help children to develop mediation and negotiation skills to solve problems;(4) Foster creativity and independence;(5) Build on children's strengths while allowing for mistakes;(6) Treat equally all children in care regardless of race, religion, culture, sex, family structure and ability;(7) Demonstrate positive interactions with children and other adults when children are present;(8) Be in frequent verbal communication with children in a positive, reinforcing, cheerful and soothing way;(9) Treat each child with consideration and respect;(10) Appropriately touch and smile at children;(11) Speak to the children at their eye level when possible and appropriate;(12) Respond to and investigate cries or other signs of distress immediately;(13) Perform age or developmentally appropriate nurturing activities that: (a) Take into consideration the parent's own nurturing practices;(b) Promote each child's learning self-help and social skills; and(c) Stimulate the child's development; and(14) Provide each child opportunities for vocal expression; adult voices must not always dominate the overall sound of the group.Wash. Admin. Code § 170-297-6000
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW. 12-23-057, § 170-297-6000, filed 11/19/12, effective 12/20/12.