Day habilitation services are aimed at developing activities and/or skills acquisition to support or further integrate community opportunities outside of a person’s home, to foster independence, autonomy or career exploration and encourage development of a full life within the community.The primary focus of day habilitation services is developing meaningful adult activities and new skills or maintenance of existing skill acquisition, based upon the person’s current, emerging and newly discovered interests and preferences, in order to:

• Support or further community integration, inclusion, and exploration.
• Improve communication skills.
• Improve or maintain physical, occupational and/or speech and language functional skills.
• Foster independence.
• Self-determination and self-advocacy and autonomy.
• Support people to build and maintain relationships.
• Facilitate the exploration of employment and/or integrated retirement opportunities.
• Help a person achieve valued social roles.
• To foster and encourage people on their pathway to community integration and employment.
• The development of a full life in the person’s community.