Or. Admin. Code § 413-200-0358 - Requirements Regarding the Discipline of a Child or Young Adult
(1) The
certified resource family must demonstrate a willingness to
understand the meaning of the behaviors and have the ability to develop and use
appropriate discipline strategies to address challenging
behaviors.
(2) The
certified resource family must not do any of the following to
a child or young adult in the care or custody of the
Department placed in the home:
(a) Use or threaten physical force.
(b) Use threats or intimidation.
(c) Withhold food or other items essential to
protection, safety, or well-being.
(d)
Discipline all children
or young adults in the household for the misbehavior of one
child or young adult.
(e) Use intentional infliction of physical
force causing pain.
(f) Use
derogatory remarks about the child or young
adult, or the family characteristics, physical traits, culture,
ethnicity, language, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity
and expression, or traditions of the child or young
adult.
(g) Deny, or
threaten to deny, visits, telephone contact, or other types of contact with an
individual authorized in a visit and contact plan, including contacts and
visits with siblings.
(h) Assign
extremely strenuous exercise or work.
(i) Use or threaten the use of a restraint or
restraining devices. Restraining devices do not include a vehicle safety
restraint such as a seat belt or age and size-appropriate safety seat, when
used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
(j) Impose a sanction, penalty, consequence,
or reprimand for bed-wetting, toileting accidents, or during toilet
training.
(k) Direct or permit a
child or young adult to punish or
discipline another child or young
adult.
(L) Threaten removal
from the certified resource family home.
(m) Force or require a shower or bath as a
consequence, or reprimand.
(n)
Impose extreme isolation that restricts the ability to talk with or associate
with others.
(o) Lock in a room or
outside of the home.
(p) Reprimand
or discipline in any manner due to the child or young adult discussing their
child welfare experience, including the child or young adult's experience in
the home of the certified resource family.
(3) A resource parent or relative resource
parent may not subject any child or young
adult to abuse, as described in ORS
419B.005,
418.257 and OAR
413-015-0115.
(4) The certified resource
family may use devices such as a high chair, play pen, and crib within
the manufacturer guidelines in accordance with the age and developmental level
of the child.
(5)
The certified resource family may use a time-out only for the
purpose of giving the child or young adult in
the care or custody of the Department placed in the home a
short break from the situation. The certified resource family
must take into consideration the age and developmental level of the child in
determining the length of a time-out and the child must be in a setting from
which the child or young adult is not prevented from leaving by any
means
(6) The certified
resource family must notify and request assistance of the
Department when the challenging behavior of a child or
young adult in the care or custody of the Department
placed in the home may be beyond the ability of the certified resource
family to discipline in a positive manner.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005 & ORS 418.640
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, ORS 418.015, ORS 418.315, ORS 418.625, ORS 418.627, ORS 418.630, ORS 418.635, ORS 418.640, ORS 418.642, ORS 418.643, ORS 418.644, ORS 418.645, ORS 418.647 & ORS 418.648
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