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Our Day Habilitation Program for Adults With Disabilities


Day Habilitation:

People supported in our Day program are provided with ongoing opportunities to build relationships and participate in their local communities. The activities focus on helping each participant to achieve personal goals, while fostering each person’s highest level of independence. Our services can assist individuals to obtain, or improve their self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills, including communication, and other areas in adult education. Activities include, but are not limited to:

  • Social & Interpersonal:  Give adults more opportunities to interact and communicate with others to strengthen current friendships and to develop new ones.
  • Communication: Increase communication skills through participation in personalized receptive and expressive language activities.
  • Activities of Daily Living: Cooking and preparation, self-care, health & wellness, money management including understanding and creating a personal budget for those with limited attention spans, extra time is devoted to working on motor skills and focusing on tasks.
  • Community Integration: Provide participants with opportunities for integration into the community which are designed to increase the person’s social and physical interaction with non-disabled persons who are not staff, by visiting local stores and business establishments, restaurants, libraries, parks, and unique events including plays, dancing, painting, and musicals and concerts.

Prevocational:

These job-readiness skills help participants to focus on the tasks at hand, use their time to their benefit, interact with fellow peers, staff and follow directions. Identify vocational abilities and employment interests, completion of work inventories and questionnaires, effective professional communication skills with co-workers, supervisors, and customers, managing workplace conflicts, learning, and adhering to workplace safety rules.  

  • Time management
  • Problem solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Personal hygiene and appearance
  • Responsibility and integrity
  • Attitude and demeanor

Respite:

Pick and Drop off Program, respite will be offered twice a month on Saturday’s from 9am-3pm without transportation. This program offers Care Givers a much-needed break to run errands, work, or just relax. Whatever your needs are Mother of an Angel can care for your loved one for up to 6 hours.  

Transportation:

Transportation will be available to meet the needs of our participants within our 10-mile catchment area. We service the Middlesex County NJ for transportation. 

Community Inclusion:

Community inclusion enables participants with limited disabilities to fully participate in life at the same level as those without disabilities. 

This can take place externally in locations throughout the community.

Community-Based:

Community-based support is delivered one on one with staff and participants. This may include (but is not limited to) assistance on community-based activities, training and supervision of individuals as they learn and perform the various tasks that are included in basic self-care, social skills, and activities of daily living., as outlined in his/her service plan.

PROGRAM GOALS

  • Teach skills needed to be independent in all activities of daily living, including but not limited to self-care, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, decision making, etc.
  • Develop social skills and work to minimize any interfering behaviors.
  • Promote community integration/ inclusion and encourage safe appropriate interactions with other community members.
  • Develop/ enhancing communication skills.
  • Offer opportunities in and out of the program to develop gross motor skills and coordination.
  • Maintain current abilities and increase self-esteem by understanding and promoting personal strengths.
  • Advocate and motivate for independence
  • Provide the opportunity for group and individual discussions, support and practice on personal goals.
  • Provide highly individualized services through the development and updates of treatment and service plans.