5101:2-14-22 Infant care and diaper care for a licensed type B home provider.

 

 

 

5101:2-14-22               Child guidance and management for professional certification as a type B home or in-home aide.

 

 

 

(A)Child care providers and their emergency/substitute caregivers who care for children shall be responsible for their guidance and management.

 

(B)When children's behavior is unacceptable the child care provider shall:

 

(1)Use developmentally appropriate techniques suitable to the children's ages and the circumstances;

 

(2) Redirect children, talk with children about the situation and state alternatives;

 

(3)Use  developmentally  appropriate  separation  from  the  situation  only  as necessary;

 

(4)Speak to children so that they understand that what is unacceptable is the children's behavior, not the children themselves or their feelings; and

 

(5)Communicate  and  consult  with  caretakers  in  implementing  any  specific behavior management plan.

 

(C)When children's behavior is unacceptable the child care provider shall not:

 

(1)Abuse or neglect children;

 

(2) Utilize cruel, harsh, unusual, or extreme techniques;

 

(3) Utilize any form of corporal punishment;

 

(4) Delegate children to manage or discipline other children;

 

(5) Use physical restraints on a child;

 

(6)Restrain a child by any means other than holding children for a short period of time, such as in a protective hug, so that the children may regain control;

 

(7) Place children in a locked room or confine children in any enclosed area;

 

(8) Confine children to equipment such as cribs or high chairs;

 

(9) Humiliate, threaten or frighten children;

 

(10) Subject children to profane language or verbal abuse;

 

(11) Make derogatory or sarcastic remarks about children or their families;

 

(12) Punish children for failure to eat or sleep or for toileting accidents;

 

 

 

(13) Withhold any food (including snacks and treats), rest or toilet use;

(14) Punish an entire group of children due to the unacceptable behavior of one or a few; nor

(15) Isolate and restrict children from all activities for an extended period of time.

(D) The provider's compliance with this rule applies to all individuals on the premises, and to all individuals responsible for children on trips away from the provider's home or home of the child receiving in-home aide services.

Replaces:                                 5101:2-14-22

Effective:                                04/01/2003 R.C. 119.032 review dates:                           04/01/2008

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

03/18/2003

Date

Promulgated Under:   119.03

Statutory Authority:   5104.011

Rule Amplifies:           5104.011

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/82, 9/1/86, 5/1/89,

10/1/97 (Emer.), 12/30/97