PlayPlace, America has devised discipline policies for behavior limits to promote consistency throughout all classrooms. The goal of our program is to emphasize respect for the teachers, others, materials, and self. All children entering PlayPlace are automatically given a 2 week probationary period to determine if there is going to be a behavior problem. During this time, enrollment can be terminated automatically depending upon certain behaviors.

The purpose of our discipline policies are to teach self-control with an emphasis on future correct behaviors. It is important that children realize there may be consequences that follow their misbehavior and the things that are directly related to that behavior. There are also positive reinforcements that we encourage for good behavior. It may be verbal praise or rewards, like stickers, stamps, or notes for parents to see.

Redirection is the key to discipline. We re-direct the child from the misbehavior rather than isolating him or her in time-out. If this does not help the problem, notes and phone calls to parents would be the next step taken before probation, then depending upon the behavior, termination would be the last resort.

Many children have a tendency of biting. Our policy regarding biting is if a child bites 3 times in one day, or breaks the skin of another child (or staff member), you will be asked to pick up your child for the rest of the day. We try everything we can to distract a child from biting however, if biting continues over a period of time, probation and termination would be discussed.