Konocti Instructional Services - Lakeport

870 11th Street Lakeport California 95453
(707) 263-7714

Konocti Instructional Services is a licensed Day Program (License # 176800042) through Community Care Licensing, Department of Social Services. 

Respect. Opportunity. Compassion.

These fundamental principles help to form the philosophy around which Konocti Instructional Services-Lakeport (KIS-L) is built. It is in this modest, two-story building located on 11th Street in Lakeport that one can witness these abstract concepts being played out daily.

Each weekday, KIS-L serves as the home base for over 25 People Services consumers, each of whom arrives with his/her own set of goals and expectations. They are welcomed by a staff of qualified skills instructors and personal attendants who have but one primary objective - to ensure a meaningful and productive experience for every individual.

KIS-L offers a wide assortment of recreational, occupational, and educational opportunities, each designed to promote positive socialization, communication, and basic self-care skills. Accompanied by staff, consumers engage in activities such as delivering Meals On Wheels (serving lunch at local senior centers) and working at our People Services Thrift Store. In addition to acquiring and refining the skills necessary for employment, in many instances, consumers have the opportunity to receive monetary compensation for their efforts.

Social skill building happens throughout the day, and consumers are encouraged to make choices that are consistent with their personal lives and vocational goals. Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being are emphasized on an ongoing basis, with each consumer’s needs, abilities, and aspirations providing the template for his or her individualized program.

For over 30 years, Konocti Instructional Services-Lakeport has provided essential services for a diverse population. Meeting their needs and promoting dignity, choice, and self-respect remain our top priority.

Helping you design your future your way in environments that provide you with: 

  • New Friends

  • Social Experiences

  • Worker Training Opportunities

  • Small Group Settings

  • Recreational Participation

  • Community Resource Exploration

  • Volunteer Opportunities

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Positive Supports Choices 

Our Mission for over 40 years has been to provide you with the necessary tools that will help you meet your personal dreams and goals by providing person centered training in settings where the skill will most likely be needed. You can learn how to: 

  • Order food at a restaurant

  • Use the public library

  • Plan and cook meals

  • Shop for personal needs

  • Use public transportation

  • Plan and care for a garden

  • Increase your reading or writing skills

  • Use a checking account

  • Use an ATM and/or handle money

  • Comparison shop

  • Develop healthy eating habits

  • Improve health through exercise

  • Develop good grooming habits

  • Use public recreational facilities

  • Use a computer

  • Make a quilt

  • Sew a hem or button ore repair a clothing tear

  • Maneuver safely within the community

  • Recognize safety signs

  • Recycle

  • Learn your rights, assert your independence

  • Manage your emotions

  • Communicate more effectively

  • Be safe around strangers

  • Get help from store employees

  • Get help from emergency providers

  • Use the telephone

  • Keep your clothing clean and neat

  • Follow a schedule 

  • Fill out a job application

  • Maintain a job

  • Ask for help

You may want to build your employee skills as you consider joining the world of work. If you want to enhance your work skills, you can find opportunities offered in both paid and volunteer work. You can join the work adjustment program five days per week. When paid job openings are available you can work up to three days per week. The other two days you can enhance your skills by attending our worker training classes and/or volunteering for one of our volunteer sites where we help others and you can learn other valuable skills. Paid work training opportunities include:

  • Learning work skills related to retail business

  • Gain skills that can help you find a job and maintain a job.

Volunteer opportunities include: 

  • Meals on Wheels for Seniors

  • Assisting our local libraries

  • Assisting our local care homes

  • Assisting in the dining room of our local senior center

At KIS-L, we are committed to improving the quality and scope of our services to help you be the best that you want to be. Your future is our future. Your satisfaction is our greatest desire. Your increased confidence, independence, assertiveness, and self-respect are our goals. 

 

Let us help you design your future, and transform your life into the life you have always dreamed it could be. Your Goals, Your Needs, Your Desires, Your Wants, Your Way. Let us help you get there! 

Enhanced Services:

If you are receiving services from one of our day programs and you require focused behavioral assistance, additional support providing 1:1 staffing is available throughout your program day.

This is determined through your individualized needs and IPP.

For more information, Contact Program Director, Ashley Barrett by calling (707) 263-7714 ext. 15 or by emailing abarrett@peopleservices.org