Licensees must take the following actions to support children's and youth's socialization and participation in activities:

1. (1) Support children and youth in care to develop positive relationships with peers as appropriate to their developmental capabilities;
2. (2) Allow children and youth to decline participation or engagement in activities and document when they decline to participate;

3. (3) Except for interim facilities:

   1. (a) Gather information on activities each child or youth wishes to participate in based on their developmental capabilities, both on-site and off-site, from any of the following, as appropriate, the:

      1. (i) Child or youth;
      2. (ii) Child's or youth's representatives; and
      3. (iii) Licensee's observations; and

   2. (b) Use the information gathered in (a) of this subsection to:

      1. (i) Create and post a weekly or monthly schedule of wide-ranging activities for the facility where children, youth, and others can view it that meets these requirements:

         1. (A) Only uses materials for activities that are:

            1. (I) Safe;
            2. (II) Suitable; and
            3. (III) Meet the developmental capabilities and cultural needs of the children and youth in care; and
         2. (B) Groups children and youth with similar ages for their safety, except GRCs, per WAC 110-145-3340; and

      2. (ii) Develop a written activity plan for each child or youth in their well-being file, except GRCs, and include:

         1. (A) Specific activities on-site or off-site, in which they would like to participate;
         2. (B) Their ability to safely participate in those activities according to their developmental capabilities;
         3. (C) How they will participate, including how they will get to and from off-site activities; and

         4. (D) If there are health, safety, or well-being reasons they are not able to participate in off-site activities, include:

            1. (I) The areas impeding their ability to participate in off-site activities;
            2. (II) Actions they can take to allow them to participate in the future; and
            3. (III) If there are any equivalent alternative activities they may choose to participate in; and

4. (4) Review and update the activity plan quarterly with the:

   1. (a) Child or youth; and
   2. (b) Child's or youth's representatives, if appropriate.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.15.030. WSR 25-23-103, s 110-145-3040, filed 11/18/25, effective 5/1/26.]