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A plan or system that governs behavior and aims to support positive change in a therapeutic community.
What is a governance or behavioral framework?
A key objective of Orientation is to learn the facility rules and your role in the program.
What is to understand the rules and expectations?
Off-campus leisure is not allowed in Phase 1 without supervision and approval.
What is no leisure off-campus without supervision?
Phase 2 allows up to this amount of leisure time off-unit per week.
What is 8 hours per week?
The weekly off-facility time allowed in Phase 3.
What is up to 8 hours per week?
The stage you start in when you first join the program.
What is Phase 1?
The group or people who supervise residents and make policy decisions in Valley EPIC.
Who is Leadership (the Leadership Team)?
During Orientation, residents typically begin keeping a daily record of their activities.
What is completing daily Journal Entries?
A resident must do this when leaving the unit (cannot be signed in by someone else).
What is sign in and sign out (cannot be signed in by someone else)?
The latest time residents must sign out their cell phone and the time it must be back.
What is sign out at 9 am and return by 9 pm?
The condition under which cell phones are allowed in Phase 3.
What is when residents are actively working, seeking employment, or in school?
A role residents can aspire to that involves guiding peers and helping with program rules.
What is mentor or junior leadership?
The action staff must take to verify a resident’s location for safety and accountability.
What is log or verify sign-in/sign-out? (or “What is track supervision and location?”)
The process residents undergo to begin their journey, including introductions, rules, and expectations.
What is Orientation?
An approval step required for certain activities or privileges during Orientation.
What is House Manager Approval (or staff approval)?
The amount of daily phone use allowed in Phase 1, with tracking and approval.
What is two 10-minute calls per day (or equivalent with tracker)?
The daily limit on phone calls in Phase 2.
What is up to 3 ten-minute calls per day?
The weekly work/school hours required during Phase 3 before discharge consideration.
What is 32-36 hours per week for 2 weeks (pre-approved by treatment team)?
The factor used to determine when a resident can advance to the next phase.
What is progress toward phase advancement (progress criteria)?
The usual process staff use to communicate behavior concerns to the treatment team.
What is incident reporting or escalate to treatment team?
he phase that restricts off-campus activities and increases supervision due to past issues.
What is Phase 1 (Phase 1 restrictions)?
The action residents may need to take before leaving the unit for approved activities during Orientation.
What is signing in and out (or obtaining supervision) for off-unit time?
he device whose use requires staff approval and is limited to short sessions in Phase 1.
What is a laptop?
The device that remains available to residents but requires staff approval for usage in Phase 2.
What is a laptop or computer?
The document that must be submitted to verify work status during Phase 3.
What are paystubs?
The group responsible for assigning new roles and responsibilities during the program.
What is the treatment team or leadership?
The scheduled practice staff must follow to review resident progress and adjust plans.
What is staff/ treatment team meetings or case conferences?
A tool used to monitor and enforce rules, often involving staff and treatment teams, and may lead to additional consequences.
What is a Restriction status or disciplinary process?
A potential role a resident can attain during Orientation that involves mentoring and leadership responsibilities.
What is a mentor or Junior leadership position? What is a mentor or Junior leadership position?
The outcome of Phase 1 qualification that may lead toward mentorship eligibility.
What is eligibility to be a mentor or junior leadership?
A leadership role residents may be eligible for in Phase 2.
What is leadership/mentoring?
The overall discharge readiness step that includes employment or schooling requirements and approval.
What is discharge readiness (final discharge criteria)?
Term for residents who take on leadership duties and help with program operations.
The kind of feedback staff provide to residents to support growth and accountability.
What is constructive feedback or coaching?