Day habilitation is assistance with acquisition, retention, or
improvement in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills. Day
habilitation activities and environments are designed to foster the
acquisition of skills, appropriate behavior, greater independence,
and personal choice. Services focus on enabling the member to
attain or maintain the member’s maximum functional level.
Services must enhance or support the member’s:
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Intellectual functioning
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Physical and emotional health and development
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Language and communication development
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Cognitive functioning
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Socialization and community integration
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Functional skill development
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Behavior management
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Responsibility and self-direction
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Daily Living Activities
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Self-Advocacy Skills
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Mobility
DAY HABILITATION
A Residential Facility Providing Care and Service for Mentally ill and Developmental Disabled Adults
Day habilitation cannot be provided in the member’s residence. If the member lives in a residential
facility of more than 16 persons, day habilitation can be provided in an area of the facility that is apart
from the member’s sleeping accommodations, such as a common room wher residents normally
congregate.
Day Habilitation Services are generally provided in the Learning Center at the Mediapolis Care Facility
as well in the community.
