W. Va. Code R. § 78-19-15

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 78-19-15 - Guidance and Discipline

15.1. Guidance.

15.1.a. The caregiver and parents shall discuss and agree upon positive methods of guidance that encourage a child's acceptable behavior.

15.1.b. The caregiver shall use guidance that helps the children understand appropriate behavior and is appropriate to their ages.

15.1.c. A family child care home shall have rules that are fair, consistent, and relevant to the children's ages.

15.1.d. A family child care home may use a time-out that lasts no more than one minute for each year of a child's age only for the purpose of helping a child regain control.

15.2. Discipline.

15.2.a. A caregiver, household member, or substitute shall not use any of the following harmful forms of discipline:

15.2.a.1. Punishing a child physically including spanking, hitting, kicking, biting, shaking, swatting, thumping, pinching, popping, shoving, spitting, or other cruel treatment;

15.2.a.2. Punishing or threatening a child in association with food, sleep, rest, or toilet training;

15.2.a.3. Putting anything in or on a child's mouth as punishment;

15.2.a.4. Confining a child in a closet or locked room or using physical restraints for confinement;

15.2.a.5. Using loud, profane, or abusive language or threats of physical punishment;

15.2.a.6. Punishing a child psychologically including public or private humiliation, shaming, and negative remarks about the child or child's family;

15.2.a.7. Punishing a child emotionally including rejecting, terrorizing, ignoring, or isolating; and

15.2.a.8. Allowing a child to discipline other children.

15.2.b. A caregiver shall not seek or accept parental permission to use any punishments or acts prohibited in this rule.

W. Va. Code R. § 78-19-15