New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 10 - SERVICES FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING ADOLESCENTS
Section 3A:55-10.9 - Infant stimulation

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-10.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The facility shall ensure that all infants under three months of age are held and spoken to, and placed in a position to observe group activity when they are awake during daytime hours.

(b) The facility shall ensure that infants up to six months of age are held by their mother or staff members throughout all bottle feedings and that older infants are held if they are incapable of holding a bottle on their own.

(c) The facility shall ensure that all infants have toys that are available to them in their bedrooms.

(d) The facility shall ensure that when adolescent mothers are in school or working, their infants are cared for, either in the facility, in a licensed child care center, or in a registered family child care home.

(e) Facilities that provide services to adolescent mothers and infants between three and 18 months of age shall ensure that the adolescent mothers engage in at least four of the following activities with their infants for at least a total of 45 minutes each day:

1. Sensory activities;

2. Language activities;

3. Manipulative activities;

4. Building activities;

5. Large muscle activities; or

6. Music activities.

(f) Facilities that provide services to adolescent mothers and infants 18 months of age and older shall ensure that adolescent mothers engage in at least four of the following activities with their child for at least a total of 45 minutes each day:

1. Language activities;

2. Science and math activities;

3. Manipulative activities;

4. Large muscle activities;

5. Building activities;

6. Art activities; or

7. Music activities.

(g) The facility shall ensure that television watching is not used as a substitute for mother-child interaction.

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