Adult Day Treatment (DTA)

Adult Day Treatment Program (DTA)

Our DTA is a program funded through the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) for adults with disabilities age 18 and over.

INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS

At L.I.F.E. we strive for the very best in day treatment programming. We use an

established assessment tool, Assessment of Functional Living Skills to inform the creation of individualized consumer goals.

AFLS 17 Skill Areas

Money Skills
Time Skills
Phone Skills
Health and Safety and First Aide Skills
Basic Communication
Social Awareness and Manners
Cooking Skills: Kitchen/Lunch Room
Meals at Home
Dishes
Kitchen Skills
Self-Management Skills
Leisure
Clothing and Laundry
Community Knowledge
Shopping
Eating in Public
Basic Mobility

Progress Monitoring

Regular reports on goal progress to families.
We do our best to attend planning meetings that are held every 90 days by a consumer’s DDD support coordinator.

MULTIPLE ENGAGING TREATMENT AREAS

Unlike many other programs in the valley, we have multiple treatment areas for our adult day treatment program. In fact, we have 13 distinct treatment areas! Support is provided as needed by Direct Support Professionals (DSP).

Cognitive Room

A space for activities that focus on cognitive skills.

Money skills
Time skills
Phone skills
Basic communication
Social awareness and manners
Self-management skills
And more …

Game Room

A space for activities such as board games.

Social interactions
Coping skills
Turn taking
Social awareness and manners
Self-management skills
And more …

Vocational Room

A space for activities focused on developing skills for the workforce.

Job-related skills
Social awareness and manners
Self-management skills
And more …

Kitchen

A kitchen with multiple fridges, cooking appliances/utensils, and seating for 20.

Food prep skills
Eating skills
Social awareness and manners
Self-management skills
And more …

Social Room

A space for consumers to participate in leisure activities such as watching television and playing the Wii.

Leisure skills
Social awareness and manners
Social interaction skills
Self-management skills
And more …

Mock Bedroom

A space set up as a bedroom.

Independent living skills
and more …

Activity Room

A space for varied activities such as mindful movement, and art sessions.

Gross motor skills
Art skills
And more …

Laundry Room

A working laundry room with washer and dryer.

Laundry skills
Vocational skills
And more …

Garden

Am outdoor space with raised garden beds and benches.

Leisure skills
Vocational skills
And more …

Sports Court

An outdoor area with multiple sports courts, specialty bicycles, and equipment.

Leisure and health skills
Gross motor skills
Social awareness and manners
And more …

Swimming Pool

A large outdoor shaded pool.

Leisure and health skills
Gross motor skills
Social awareness and manners
Self-management skills
And more …

Young Adult Room

A dedicated space for teens and young adults including multiple game systems, fooseball, and air hockey.

Leisure skills
Social interaction skills
and more …

Sensory Gym

A specialty room with equipment aimed at addressing sensory systems.

Self-management with sensory regulation activities
Leisure skills
and more…

ENHANCEMENTS

Our DTA consumers also have the opportunity to participant in program enhancements like:

Weekly group Music Therapy sessions
Mindful Movement classes
Bi-monthly art lessons
Gardening in our in-ground gardens and garden boxes and harvesting produce to make new recipes

COMMUNITY OUTINGS

Our consumers research and vote on where they would like to go each month. Examples of past outings:

Movies theater
Bowling
Grocery shopping
Zoo
Library
Museums
Goodwill

ADULT DAY TREATMENT (DTA) LEADERSHIP

ASHLEY WATZKEDirector of Day Treatment and Employment- DTA, DTT, DTS, TTE, GSE

About Ashley

Role:

As the Director of Day Treatment and Employment (DTE), my job is to ensure we are providing the best service we can for our consumers.

Career History:

I have been lucky to work in different settings since August of 2008, serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. I have been with L.I.F.E. since July 2013 where I started as a habilitation provider in the community and then later in the adult program on campus. I quickly fell in love with the values and support L.I.F.E. offered to not only the consumers but also to staff and I felt privileged to become and serve as a teacher in the academy, later growing into Student Services Supervisor. I then moved into the role as Adult Day Treatment (DTA) Manager, then Manager of Day Treatment and Employment (DTE) department, and most recently became Director of Day Treatment and Employment. I’m very excited for this adventure and will strive to serve all to the best of my ability.

Personal Teaching Philosophy:

“Love what you do and never work a day in your life.”

– Unknown

Personal:

I have been married to my best friend for almost 4 years now and when we are not at work, you can find us chasing around our crazy wild daughters. In 2015, while I was teaching pre-school within the L.I.F.E. Academy, I had a student that at the time was in search of her forever home. Little did I know this little girl would become a huge part of my husband and my life. We adopted her in 2017 and she is now our daughter! As a family we enjoy weekends at home hanging out with our family and going camping when we can! We absolutely live for football season and the Arizona Cardinals; we won’t miss a game.

RENEE VALENCIADTE Lead Administrative Support Professional

About Renee