North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 09 - CHILD CARE RULES
Section .0500 - SCHEDULES AND ACTIVITIES
Section 09 .0511 - DAILY ROUTINES FOR CHILDREN UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 09 .0511

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Children under two years of age shall require individualized daily routines based on their specific developmental needs. The center shall provide time and space for sleeping, eating, toileting, diaper changing, and playing according to each child's individual needs.

(b) The caregivers shall interact in a positive manner with each child every day, as follows:

(1) caregivers shall respond at the earliest opportunity to an infant or toddler's physical and emotional needs, especially when indicated by crying, through actions such as feeding, diapering, holding, positive touching, smiling, talking, and eye contact;

(2) the caregiver shall recognize the special difficulties of infant and toddler separations and assist families, infants, and toddlers to ease the transition from home to center such as a phased-in orientation process to allow infants and toddlers to experience limited amounts of time at the center before becoming integrated;

(3) a caregiver or team of caregivers shall be assigned to each infant or toddler as the primary caregiver(s) who is responsible for care the majority of the time; and

(4) the caregiver shall make provision for constructive guidance and setting limits that the child can understand and that foster the infant's or toddler's ability to be self-disciplined, as appropriate to the child's age and development.

Authority G.S. 110-85; 110-91(2),(12); 143B-168.3;
Eff. July 1, 1988;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2010; May 1, 2004; July 1, 1998; October 1, 1991; January 1, 1991;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2017.

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