Location: 849 S Sycamore St. Petersburg, VA
Call us: (804) 712-8123
e-mail: info@devotedfamilysolutions.com

Adult Day Services

Our Day Service programs offer opportunities for adult individuals with ID/DD Disabilities to truly connect to and engage with their communities. Our Day Services allows for individuals to be engaged in the community as part of a group of their peers, or on a 1:1 with just the participant and our Highly Trained and Experienced support staff in a Center-Based or Non-Center Based Day Support Setting.   

These exciting services treat the community itself as a learning environment to build/develop adequate supports that lead to building independence, developing relationships, learning your community and various resources throughout your community.

Activities

  • Transition from vehicles to unfamiliar locations
  • Parking lot safety
  • Maintaining socially appropriate physical space
  • Managing voice volume in quiet locations
  • Socially acceptable rules of engagement for talking to strangers
  • Tolerance for new, unfamiliar environments
  • Understanding purchases (budgeting, needing money, check out procedures)
  • Increasing confidence when interacting with community members
  • Using a cellphone
  • Using alternate communication methods (AAC) to interact with community members
  • Driving a power wheelchair
  • Navigating a crowd without stress
  • Increasing independence with community chores
  • Staying calm when stressed
  • Asking for help
  • Recognizing stressors and learning ways to avoid them
  • Interacting more effectively with others
 
  • Interpersonal skills (what to do with strangers, how to introduce yourself)
  • Healthy Relationships (boundaries, how to identify people you trust and can gain help from)
  • Coping Strategies (learning to identify discomfort and ask for help)
  • Self-Regulation tools (mindfulness, taking deep breaths, calming down safely)
  • Socially acceptable rules of engagement for talking to strangers
  • How to use sensory related activities and materials
  • Learning to use technology – (computers, adapted equipment, iPads, phones, etc)
  • Building patience and tolerance
  • Building confidence
  • Working on negotiation strategies
  • Understanding consequences through introduction of contingency mapping
  • Implementation of communication supports
  • Increased independence
  • Opportunities to demonstrate competence and gain respect
  • Discovery of conditions necessary for community success
  • Learning to use social media to keep in touch and build friendships