This is a clone of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) for educational purposes. It is not the official version and should not be used for legal purposes. Site created Wed, 21 May 2025 21:16:48 GMT
In addition to corporal punishment, prohibited discipline techniques include, but are not limited to:(1) Any harsh, cruel, unusual, unnecessary, demeaning, or humiliating discipline or punishment;(2) Denial of mail or visits with their families as discipline or punishment;(3) Threatening with the loss of placement as discipline or punishment;(4) Using sarcastic or cruel humor;(5) Maintaining an uncomfortable physical position, such as kneeling, or holding his arms out;(6) Pinching, pulling hair, biting, or shaking a child;(7) Putting anything in or on a child's mouth;(8) Humiliating, shaming, ridiculing, rejecting, or yelling at a child;(9) Subjecting a child to abusive or profane language;(10) Placing a child in a dark room, bathroom, or closet;(11) Requiring a child to remain silent or inactive for inappropriately long periods of time for the child's age;(12) Confining a child to a highchair, box, or other similar furniture or equipment as discipline or punishment;(13) Denying basic child rights as a form of discipline or punishment;(14) Withholding food that meets the child's nutritional requirements; and(15) Using or threatening to use emergency behavior intervention as discipline or punishment.