House Guidelines Zumbro House, Inc.
1. Appropriate Clothing
Individuals are asked to be dressed appropriately when in the common areas & when going from the bathroom to the bedroom after a bath/shower. Socks and/or soft soled slippers are encouraged to be worn when outside of the bedroom. Clean, unwrinkled, unstained, undamaged, well fitting clothes should be worn whenever going into the community. Staff will assist individuals to determine appropriate clothing combinations and outfit.
2. Before You Go Outside…
Dress appropriately for the weather. Shorts should not be worn unless the temperature is 60 degrees or higher (at the time of departure). Let staff know before going outside and be respectful of the level of supervision that staff is required to maintain per your IDT requests.
3. Morning Routine
Overnight staff will cue individuals to get up and get ready for the day. Individuals must be ready to go when their transportation arrives to pick them up in the morning.
4. Hygiene
Individuals are requested to shower daily, unless contraindicated by a physician. Showers must involve head to toe cleaning using soap and shampoo. Showers should last a minimum of 5 minutes. Individuals are expected to attend to all other areas of hygiene also, including brushing teeth twice daily and using deodorant. Shaving daily and/or trimming beard, along with brushing/combing hair. Staff may cue an individual to improve or re-do an area of hygiene that is incompletely done.
5. Community Meeting
Community Meetings are an integral component of ZH programming and individuals are asked to attend these meetings on a daily basis, which will be held in the house living room at a time designated on the program schedule. These meetings are designed as check-in meetings in which any issues in the house can be talked through and resolved. Individuals are not expected to share personal or private information during these meetings. Individuals may choose to not participate in these meetings and can schedule another activity in the house during the time of the meeting.
6. Horse Play
Horse play, such as wrestling, tickling, poking, or play fighting is not permitted.
7. Chores
Individuals will be asked to participate and assist with normal daily household chores, such as emptying the trash, cleaning the bathroom, shoveling the walk, vacuuming, or dusting. Individuals are expected to complete their chores to a reasonable quality standard and to the best of their ability.
8. Loaning/Borrowing/Giving Personal Property or Money
Individuals and staff may not loan or give personal property or money to other individuals or staff.
9. Meal & Snack
3 Meals and 2 snacks are scheduled daily. Meals and snacks are served at the times posted on the program schedule at each house, and may vary depending on the scheduled activities. The USDA recommended portions/serving sizes will be served
10. Mealtime
Individuals are asked to use appropriate table manners.
11. Phone Calls
Calls can be made and received on the house phone. Please be courteous of the other residents as they will need to use the phone as well.
12. Cell Phones
.Each individuals IDT will determine the cell phone use guidelines for each individual.
13. Physical Boundaries
Handshakes, fist bumps and other hand to hand contact are the only form of physical contact permitted at ZH. The exception to this is when physical contact is part of a staff approved game or sports activity, or if the Individual Abuse Prevention Plan (IAPP) allows additional physical contact.
14. Radios/TV
Personal TV’s and radios (except walkman’s) must be set at a reasonable volume. Volume must be lowered when requested by staff. Zumbro House does not provide cable television or internet in individual’s bedrooms. Individuals are not to play music with explicit lyrics, except with team approval, and then only with the use of head phones, so that nobody else can hear.
15. Movies/Video Games
Rated R movies and video games with a rating of M or AO are not permitted in the common area of the house. Individuals may watch rated R movies or play rated M or AO video games in their bedrooms upon team approval.
16. Respect Others
Treat others with the same respect you wish to be treated. Don’t yell, swear, tease, threaten, or call others (staff or individuals) names.
17. Room Time
Individuals will prepare for their night time routine depending on their individualized schedule. Although some alone time is healthy and appropriate, excessive alone time or isolation is discouraged. Individuals will be asked to balance their alone/bedroom time with interacting in the common areas. Staff will prompt individuals to come out of their rooms if the individual is isolating excessively.
18. Activities
Individuals will have the opportunity to select and participate in daily community activities. While occasional non-participation in activities is appropriate, individuals will be asked to participate in at least ¾ of available community activities, which promotes community integration.
19. Smoking/Tobacco Use
Smoking is discouraged due to its impact on health, should an individual choose to smoke it will be scheduled, but no more frequently than once per hour, and never during community meeting or meal time. Smoking will be permitted outside of the house in the designated location.
20. Supervision
Supervision guidelines will be determined by each individual’s interring disciplinary team (IDT).
21. Visitation
Visits are determined by each individual’s IDT. We request that visits be preplanned so that there is no disruption to the activities of other residents of the house.
By signing below, I am indicating that I understand the aforementioned rules, and agree to uphold them.
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