DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES  J ’Nells Child Care Center

[Center] discipline policy adheres to the guidelines presented in Jennifer Birckmayer's “Seven Procedures of Discipline”   (Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word, Jennifer Birckmayer, New York: Cornell Cooperative Extension, 1995).

1.      Tell children what they can do instead of what they can't.

2.      Protect and preserve children’s feelings that they are lovable and capable.

3.      Offer children choices only when they are willing to abide by their decisions.

4.       Change the environment instead of the child’s behavior.

5.       Work with children instead of against them.

6.      Give children safe limits they can

DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES  J ’Nells Child Care Center

[Center] discipline policy adheres to the guidelines presented in Jennifer Birckmayer's “Seven Procedures of Discipline”   (Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word, Jennifer Birckmayer, New York: Cornell Cooperative Extension, 1995).

1.      Tell children what they can do instead of what they can't.

2.      Protect and preserve children’s feelings that they are lovable and capable.

3.      Offer children choices only when they are willing to abide by their decisions.

4.       Change the environment instead of the child’s behavior.

5.       Work with children instead of against them.

6.      Give children safe limits they can understand.  Recognize their feelings without accepting their actions.  Maintain your authority calmly and consistently.  If children break rules, allow them to experience the consequences of their behavior. 

7.      Set a good example.  Speak and act only in ways you want children to speak and act.

These guidelines provide a framework for ensuring effective disciplinary situations with the children.  Although each disciplinary situation is unique, an example of accepted methods would include:

1.      Tell the child we do not like what he or she is doing and why.

2.      Take the toy (for example) from the child.

3.      Redirect the child to a different toy or activity.

4.      Remove the child from the group (but within eyesight of the teacher) until the child is ready to rejoin the group and follow the rules.

5.      When a child is removed from the group, he or she is to be isolated for one minute for each year of age.  After that time, the teacher will confer with the child and suggest he or she return to the group.

6.      Our policy is designed to teach children how to:

A. use words

B. walk away

C. ask for help

The center does not, and will not, employ any of the following disciplinary procedures:

1.      harsh or abusive tone of voice with the children

2.      physical punishment, including spanking, hitting, shaking, or grabbing.

3.      any punishment that would humiliate, frighten, or subject a child to neglect.

Physical restraint will not be used unless it is necessary to protect the safety and health of the child or others.

 understand.  Recognize their feelings without accepting their actions.  Maintain your authority calmly and consistently.  If children break rules, allow them to experience the consequences of their behavior. 

7.      Set a good example.  Speak and act only in ways you want children to speak and act.

These guidelines provide a framework for ensuring effective disciplinary situations with the children.  Although each disciplinary situation is unique, an example of accepted methods would include:

1.      Tell the child we do not like what he or she is doing and why.

2.      Take the toy (for example) from the child.

3.      Redirect the child to a different toy or activity.

4.      Remove the child from the group (but within eyesight of the teacher) until the child is ready to rejoin the group and follow the rules.

5.      When a child is removed from the group, he or she is to be isolated for one minute for each year of age.  After that time, the teacher will confer with the child and suggest he or she return to the group.

6.      Our policy is designed to teach children how to:

A. use words

B. walk away

C. ask for help

The center does not, and will not, employ any of the following disciplinary procedures:

1.      harsh or abusive tone of voice with the children

2.      physical punishment, including spanking, hitting, shaking, or grabbing.

3.      any punishment that would humiliate, frighten, or subject a child to neglect.

Physical restraint will not be used unless it is necessary to protect the safety and health of the child or others.