WAC 110-145-3040. Supporting peer relationships and participating in activities

Licensees must take the following actions to support children's and youth's socialization and participation in activities: (1) Support children and youth in care to develop positive relationships with peers as appropriate to their developmental capabilities; (2) Allow children and youth to decline participation or engagement in activities and document when they decline to participate; (3) Except for interim facilities: (a) Gather information on activities each child or youth wishes to participate in based on their developmental capabilities, both on-site and off-site, from any of the following, as appropriate, the: (i) Child or youth; (ii) Child's or youth's representatives; and (iii) Licensee's observations; and (b) Use the information gathered in (a) of this subsection to: (i) Create and post a weekly or monthly schedule of wide-ranging activities for the facility where children, youth, and others can view it that meets these requirements: (A) Only uses materials for activities that are: (I) Safe; (II) Suitable; and (III) Meet the developmental capabilities and cultural needs of the children and youth in care; and (B) Groups children and youth with similar ages for their safety, except GRCs, per WAC 110-145-3340 ; and (ii) Develop a written activity plan for each child or youth in their well-being file, except GRCs, and include: (A) Specific activities on-site or off-site, in which they would like to participate; (B) Their ability to safely participate in those activities according to their developmental capabilities; (C) How they will participate, including how they will get to and from off-site activities; and (D) If there are health, safety, or well-being reasons they are not able to participate in off-site activities, include: (I) The areas impeding their ability to participate in off-site activities; (II) Actions they can take to allow them to participate in the future; and (III) If there are any equivalent alternative activities they may choose to participate in; and (4) Review and update the activity plan quarterly with the: (a) Child or youth; and (b) Child's or youth's representatives, if appropriate.