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visits is specified in the treatment plan. (f) A facility shall ensure that a child in care receives education to meet the child’s needs. A facility shall actively support a child’s learning through techniques such as encouragement, quiet time, a space to do homework, reinforcement for learning, study, and homework and, when necessary, furnishing special materials, tutoring, and career counseling. (g) A facility with shift workers shall maintain daily log notes in which on duty staff shall comment on the activities and events of the day for each child in care. A facility shall observe, assess, and record the progress of each child toward meeting objectives in the child’s treatment plan a minimum of once a week. (h) A facility shall provide each child with the child’s own clean, well fitting, attractive, seasonal clothing appropriate to age, sex, and individual needs and comparable in quality, quantity, and appearance to that worn by other children in the community. (i) A facility shall allow a child to bring and acquire personal belongings consistent with the child’s space, comfort, and safety. However, a facility may require a child to verify ownership of belongings in the child’s possession. (j) A facility may use chores to give a child the opportunity to learn responsibility, but may not use chore assignments as an unpaid substitution for adult staff. The facility shall make chore assignments only in accordance with the age and ability of the child. (k) A facility shall permit a child to receive the child’s own money, whether through an allowance, child’s fund, opportunities for paid work, or other source. A facility

(1) shall consider money earned or money received as a gift, allowance, or from some other source as the child’s personal property and shall not permit a caregiver or other resident of the facility to spend the child’s money, except at the request of the child;

(2) may place limitations on the amount of money a child may possess or to which the child may have unencumbered access, if the limitations are in the child’s best interest;

(3) shall maintain a separate accounting system for children’s funds that are maintained by the facility; and

(4) shall assist a child who maintains funds in excess of $200 in establishing a personal bank account. (l) If a child exhibits signs of danger to self or to others, a facility shall either obtain professional services not available from facility staff or make arrangements to discharge the child. If the facility chooses to obtain professional services for the child, the facility shall have the child evaluated by a mental health professional, develop a specific plan of care to prevent harm to the child or others, submit the plan of care to the mental health professional for the professional’s review and approval, and implement the plan only with the professional’s approval. (m) A facility that provides services for emotionally disturbed children must have mental