Behavior Management
Our Center staff is trained to use good listening skills and behavior management techniques. Redirection and time out are used routinely with the children. Actual time out is no longer than one minute per year of the child’s age. We do not deprive children of food, beverage, tolieting, or outdoor play as punishment. Corporal punishment by the Center staff is prohibited.
Please call us or send a note when changes in circumstance at home may affect your child’s behavior (Examples: a new baby, illness, death, etc.)
Encouragement is always given for appropriate behavior. When a child forgets how to behave, he is reminded of the correct behavior. If a child continues to misbehave, he is given a cooling down time in a quiet place. Emphasis is then placed on the positive behavior and the responsibility of living in a group setting.
If your child has continual behavior problems, you will be notified and a conference will be scheduled. If the problem is one that can be better met elsewhere, the Center reserves the right to dismiss the child following at least a two-week notice to the parents.