Day Training/Habilitation Specialist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

Individuals experienced or trained in working with developmentally disabled individuals who need assistance in acquiring and maintaining life skills that enable them to cope more effectively with the demands of independent living.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 2,468 records, or 24.7%, are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. Treat that share as a rough indicator of individually reported ownership or practice status, not a direct count of private practices, because the field is self-reported and may not capture legal structure, employment arrangements, affiliations, or changes over time.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• NPI records can represent individuals or organizations, and one provider or organization may have multiple locations or records.
• The primary taxonomy is a reported classification and may not capture every provider delivering these services or reflect current practice activity.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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