Developmental Training
DTP enhances each consumers ability to function at their highest level.
Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) and Training Counselors focus on the development and enhancement of daily functional skills including:
Rehabilitation training
Gross motor development
Cognitive development
Self-esteem
Enhanced language usage/communication skills
Socialization
Adaptive and independent living skills
Consumers risk of institutionalization (i.e. psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, and residential placements) is decreased due to their daily engagement in programming. For higher functioning consumers the goal is workshop placement and job attainment.
Services are extended to consumer's families and significant others, utilizing a holistic family empowerment approach.