Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 22. Social Services |
Agency 40. Department of Social Services |
Chapter 111. Standards for Licensed Family Day Homes |
Section 580. General requirements for programs
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A. In order to promote the child's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social well-being and growth, caregivers shall:
1. Talk to the child;
2. Provide needed help, comfort, and support;
3. Respect personal privacy;
4. Respect differences in cultural, ethnic, and family backgrounds;
5. Encourage decision-making abilities;
6. Promote ways of getting along;
7. Encourage independence and self-direction; and
8. Use consistency in applying expectations.
B. Caregivers shall provide age-appropriate activities for children in care throughout the day that:
1. Are based on the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs of the children;
2. Reflect the diversity of enrolled children's families, culture, and ethnic backgrounds; and
3. Enhance the total development of children.
C. Daily age-appropriate activities shall include:
1. Opportunities for alternating periods of indoor active and quiet play depending on the ages of the children;
2. Opportunities for vigorous outdoor play daily, depending upon the weather, the ages, and the health of the children;
3. Opportunities for one or more regularly scheduled rest or nap periods. Children unable to sleep shall be provided time and space for quiet play;
4. Opportunities for children to learn about themselves, others, and the world around them;
5. Opportunities for children to exercise initiative and develop independence in accordance with their ages; and
6. Opportunities for structured and unstructured play time and provider-directed and child-initiated learning activities.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 26, Issue 07, eff. July 1, 2010.