Haw. Code R. § 17-891.2-25

Current through September, 2024

Section 17-891.2-25 - Program provisions

There shall be a provider or a responsible adult, designated by the provider, supervising the children at all times. The provider or responsible adult shall always be within sight or hearing distance to provide for the needs of the children and to respond to an emergency. The program shall also provide an environment and experiences which are aimed at promoting the individual child's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social well-being and growth. This shall be done in the following ways:

(1) Activities that promote physical development shall include:

(A) Daily opportunities for running, climbing, and other vigorous and varied physical activities; and

(B) Opportunities for children to learn about the health, development, and care of the children's bodies, including exercise, nutrition, and hygiene;

(2) Programs to promote intellectual development shall:

(A) Provide that a variety of learning materials are introduced and are available to the children; and

(B) Include first-hand experiences for children to learn about the world; and

(3) Programs to promote emotional development shall provide that:

(A) There are opportunities for individual self-expression;

(B) Each child is recognized as an individual;

(C) The child is afforded constructive guidance and the setting of clear-cut limits which foster the child's own ability to be self-disciplined;

(D) Each child's personal privacy is respected;

(E) Providers shall not use:

(i) Physical punishment, abuse, or harm including but not limited to spanking, pinching, slapping, or shaking; or

(ii) Methods of influencing behavior which are frightening, humiliating, injurious, neglectful, or damaging to the child's health or self-esteem; and

(F) Providers shall respect each child's cultural, ethnic, and family background, as well as the child's primary language or dialect;

(4) Programs to promote social development shall provide that:

(A) Children are guided in learning to get along with each other;

(B) Providers interact with children in ways which promote mutual respect between adults and children; and

(C) Providers behave in ways which help the children develop attitudes of respect for all other persons as individuals and develop an appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity;

(5) The activities and experiences provided by the program shall be appropriate to the developmental level of the children;

(6) The program shall encourage the development of the children's special interests and abilities;

(7) The program shall provide a balance of active and quiet activities; and

(8) The program shall provide for the self direction of the children by:

(A) Affording children opportunities to choose activities according to personal desires and interests and to move from one activity to another;

(B) Encouraging children to do things independently; and

(C) Providing children opportunities to be involved in decision making about group and individual activities.

Haw. Code R. § 17-891.2-25

[Eff 9/22/2023] (Auth: HRS §346-172) (Imp: HRS §346-172; 42 U.S.C. §§ 2002, 2005, 9833)