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Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 67.240. Behavior guidance. (a) A foster parent shall demonstrate the ability to develop and use appropriate discipline strategies to address the challenging behaviors of a child in care that may be the result of the child’s trauma, grief, or past experiences. (b) A foster parent shall provide for positive reinforcement, redirection, the setting of realistic expectations, and clear and consistent limits. (c) A foster parent is responsible for behavior modification practices for a child in care, as follows:

(1) this responsibility may not be delegated to a child;

(2) behavior modification must be based on an understanding of the child’s needs and stage of development;

(3) behavior modification must be fair, reasonable, consistent, and related to the child’s behavior;

(4) a child in care may not be

(A) spanked with a hand or object, or be subjected to any form of corporal or physical punishment, including biting, jerking, kicking, hitting, pulling the child’s hair, or shaking or throwing the child;

(B) assigned strenuous exercise or work as a form of punishment; this excludes age and developmentally appropriate chores or exercise;

(C) threatened with physical harm;

(D) threatened to be expelled from the foster home or intimidated;

(E) subjected to verbal abuse and derogatory remarks about the child or the child’s family characteristics, physical traits, culture, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, or traditions;

(F) placed in a locked room;

(G) placed under a cold water shower;

(H) forced to eat or have hot sauce, soap, or other burning or foul tasting