Gompers Habilitation Center offers an Adult Day Treatment and Training Program that focuses on individualized training in the areas of communication, self care, community awareness, social development, household, household chores and money management. This program also encourages individual participation and integration in a variety of work and recreational activities throughout the community.

Our DTA Department consists of 5 classrooms, four of which serve individuals that require minimum to moderate assistance, one that serves individuals that require greater assistance. DTA Program is funded by DES/DDD, but we also accept Private Pay. Various disabilities served include Mental Retardation, Downs Syndrome, Autism, Prader Willi Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and other less common disabilities. We currently have 19 in-service vans which transport 121 clients living within our boundaries.

In the DTA Department, we address a multitude of training and skill building, based on the individual needs of each client. For example, we train the in the areas of communication skills, social skills, self-help skills, consumer skills, pre-vocational skills and academics. There is also a strong emphasis on physical abilities. This area covers motor skills, physical strength, weight control, healthy eating, oral hygiene and grooming. The curriculum also includes weekly volunteer work in the community as well as recreational excursions.

Individual program plans for many of the individuals in this program also call for their participation in pre-vocational activities that prepares them for future placement in a vocational program. Numerous individuals from the DTA program graduated into Gompers' vocational programs where many are now earning regular paychecks for the first time in their lives.

Please contact the Director of DTA Services for more information at 602-336-0061.