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

(1) Support children and youth in care to develop positive relationships with peers as appropriate to their developmental capabilities;

(2) Allow children and youth to decline participation or engagement in activities and document when they decline to participate;

(3) Except for interim facilities:

(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:

(i) Child or youth;

(ii) Child's or youth's representatives; and

(iii) Licensee's observations; and

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

(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:

(A) Only uses materials for activities that are:

(I) Safe;

(II) Suitable; and

(III) Meet the developmental capabilities and cultural needs of the children and youth in care; and

(B) Groups children and youth with similar ages for their safety, except GRCs, per WAC 110-145-3340; and

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

(A) Specific activities on-site or off-site, in which they would like to participate;

(B) Their ability to safely participate in those activities according to their developmental capabilities;

(C) How they will participate, including how they will get to and from off-site activities; and

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

(I) The areas impeding their ability to participate in off-site activities;

(II) Actions they can take to allow them to participate in the future; and

(III) If there are any equivalent alternative activities they may choose to participate in; and

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

(a) Child or youth; and

(b) Child's or youth's representatives, if appropriate.