Independent Living Skills

Independent Living Skills (ILS) offers assessment, daily living skills, self-advocacy training, and support with any issues that challenge the independence of adults with developmental disabilities in their day-to-day living. Provides assistance in securing housing options to promote and maintain successful community living.

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Clients

ILS was created to be an additional source of support for those persons 18 years or older with developmental disabilities that would benefit from a little extra training and instruction to enable them to lead their lives with greater independence.

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Services

Your individual needs are met through specialized training and services which are designed based on assessment of your independent living skills and your referral information.

Training utilizes age appropriate materials and activities, and is conducted in the community. Special attention is given to your particular learning style, and a variety of teaching methods are utilized to address your needs. These methods can include:

• Discussions and didactic training
• Modeling
• Demonstrations
• Task analysis implementation with step correction procedures
• Behavior intervention and rehearsal
• Differential reinforcement
• Self-monitoring
• Supportive counseling

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How To Get Started

1. An intake procedure begins with your service coordinator from a state regional center.
2. They will make a referral to the program manager for ILS services and provide a referral package, which includes medical, psychological and behavioral evaluations, along with any other relevant information.
3. An interview and program committee review regarding all referral information is completed to determine the minimum program entrance criteria are met.
4. We then complete an ILS assessment and set up a weekly schedule (up to 6 hours).

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Contact

(650) 618-3303 or (650) 618-3302

Email Independent Living Skills

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