Health Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities in a Day Habilitation Model

For the seventh year, Dr. Chahira Kozma continues to serve as the medical director for the Art and Drama therapy Institute (ADTI), a day treatment program for persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The ADTI is located in Northeast Washington, D.C.  It serves close to 140 clients.

The ADTI uses a unique approach in the care and treatment of its clients through the use of:

• Art
•  Music
• movements
• drama therapies
• innovative behavior management techniques.

Dr. Kozma's responsibilities include:

• development of medical policy
• close monitoring of the clients in collaboration with the nursing staff
• signing the Individual Program Plan for each client
• consultation to the family support group
• serving on various medical and developmental teams (Management Team, clinical Team, Feeding Team, Incident Reporting Team, etc.)
• participating in client conferences 
• coordinating and providing periodic in-services to furnish updated information regarding new developments in medicine, genetics, infectious diseases, and the field of developmental disabilities.