Day Habilitation Services


Day Habilitation (DH) services are funded through the Medicaid Waiver and are individualized programs that endeavor to teach, model, support, engage, and inspire their members to grow and become more fully realized as adults. Volunteer jobs, field trips, sports, art making, literacy skill building, cooking classes, gardening and photography are some of the means which are utilized to assist in the expansion of the individual’s social-emotional development.

 

Site-Based Day Habilitation provides services by melding  center based learning with community inclusion opportunities, which provide a real-life proving ground for the practicing and development of new skills.

Without Walls Day Habilitation (WOW) implements a community as a classroom approach. These programs operate totally in the community and are focused on volunteer opportunities by increasing individual abilities in real activities within the community.

The Day Hab Program partners with the following organizations to both assist in helping to make our community a better place while providing opportunities for real involvement in the community:

  • Putnam CAP

  • Aids Related Community Services (ARCS)

  • Meals-on-Wheels

  • Carmel Flower Shop

  • Putnam Hospital Center

  • Westchester Medical Center

  • Habitat for Humanity

  • The Food Patch

  • Goodwill Industries

  • Starbucks

  • Kent Re-Cycling Center

  • Woodland Trail Condo Association

Our Newest Day Habilitation Service Opportunity is for young people, both for those graduating from high school, as well as, those still in high school. The transition from adolescence to adulthood can be challenging and the preparation for a successful and joyful transition into the adult world is essential. This program works toward increasing community integration and life skills by choosing activities based on the interests of the participants while providing new experiences in order to broaden each person’s horizon.  The program is strongly focused on  providing volunteer and recreational opportunities as the primary means of life-skill building.

Clinic Services are available to participants of the Day Hab programs by referral through the PARC clinic, including Psychiatry, Psychotherapy (group and individual), Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Nutritional Counseling, and Rehabilitation Counseling.

For additional information or a tour contact:

Pepi Diaz-Salazar
Director of Day Habilitation
845-278-7272 x249
Pepi_Diaz_Salazar@putnamarc.org