(1) ONB providers must work to maintain positive relationships with children by using consistent guidance techniques to help children learn. Guidance techniques must adapt ONB programs' environment, routines, and activities to a child's strengths, age and developmental level, abilities, culture, community, and relate to the child's behavior.
(2) Guidance techniques may include:
(a) Coaching behavior;
(b) Modeling and teaching social skills such as taking turns, cooperation, waiting, self-control, respect for the rights of others, treating others kindly, and conflict resolution;
(c) Offering choices;
(d) Distracting;
(e) Redirecting or helping a child change their focus to something appropriate to achieve their goal;
(f) Planning ahead to prevent problems and letting children know what events will happen next;
(g) Explaining consistent, clear rules and involving children in defining simple, clear classroom limits;
(h) Involving children in solving problems; and
(i) Explaining to children, the natural and logical consequence related to the child's behavior in a reasonable and developmentally appropriate manner.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.216.742. WSR 23-10-059, § 110-302-0330, filed 5/1/23, effective 6/1/23.]