WAC 110-301-0330. Positive relationships and child guidance

(1) A school-age provider must work to maintain positive relationships with children by using consistent guidance techniques to help children learn. Guidance techniques must adapt a school-age program's 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 limits; (h) Involving children in solving problems; and (i) Explaining to children the natural and logical consequences related to the child's behavior in a reasonable and developmentally appropriate manner.