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if the child is a young child, except if the child has a pattern of out of control behavior. In this instance the child may be removed from the company of other children until the child’s behavior has stabilized. A Plan of Care for a Child with Special Needs CC89 must be developed with the child’s parent that includes methods for understanding the child’s behavior, and developing, adopting, and implementing a team-based positive behavior support plan with the intent to reduce challenging behavior and prevent suspensions and expulsions;

2. Disciplined in association with food or rest;

3. Punished for bedwetting or actions in regard to toileting or to toilet training;

4. Subjected to discipline administered by anotherchild;

5. Subjected to verbal abuse, to derogatory remarks about thechild or members of the child’s family, or to threats to expel the child from care;

6. Placed in a locked room;

7. Physically restrained, except when necessary to protect a young child from accident, to protect persons on the premises from physical injury, or to protect property from serious damage; and then only passive physical restraint may be used;

8. Mechanically restrained, except for a protective device such as a seatbelt; or

9. Chemically restrained, except on the order of a physician and subject to the provisions of 7 AAC 10.1070. Corporal punishment of children in care is prohibited. Corporal punishment means the infliction of bodily pain as a penalty for a disapproved behavior; and includes shaking, spanking, delivering a blow with a part of the body or an object, slapping, punching, pulling, and any other action that seeks to induce pain. The Alaska statewide Child Care Resource and Referral Network (CCR&R) can assist providers with developing appropriate behavior guidance plans.