Best Disability Services & Support Organisation Bakersfield Near Me

4worldlovers: We offer a wide range of high quality of teaching and extra-curricular activities.

NAPD is dedicated to providing quality services to accommodate the diverse needs of our clients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

We offer programs, advocacy, and skills that empower our clients to live more productive, rewarding, and independent lives allowing them to become more fully integrated within the community. We are inspired by a common purpose of “Making a Difference Daily.”

4worldlovers: Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for people with special needs through a family resource center that symbolizes professionalism, dignity, compassion, and respect.

We share the vision to be instrumental in the development of a community that is more comfortable with, and accepting of, people with special needs.

Please check out this video from last year’s event and click the button below to register!

We hosted an amazing (sold out) conference for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports!!

We are very thankful for Luis Garcia with Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Brandi Church with Selpa for generously donating their time to share their experiences and resources to equip parents and families.

4worldlovers:
Individual Supported Employment (ISE) prepares and supports individuals to enter the workforce through job development and direct employment with local businesses. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

External Situational Assessments (ESA) utilizes actual work sites to identify an individual’s current level of employability or as part of an eligibility determination through a short term work experience. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Personal, Vocational, Social Adjustment (PVSA) assists individuals develop or reestablish skills, attitudes, personal characteristics, interpersonal skills, work behaviors, and functional capacities to achieve and maintain positive employment outcomes. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Vocational Assessment Services assess basic information about an individual’s current education and vocational levels, abilities and interests. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Paid Internship Program (PIP) paid internships for individuals in competitive employment settings. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Student Work Experience (SWE) paid work experience, 100 hours, for students with disabilities aged 16-21. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Adult Work Experience (AWE) paid work experience, 100 hours, for adults with disabilities 18 and older. Contact: Lora Moore at Lora.Moore@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6361

Project SEARCH participants attend a one-year, 5-day a week, paid internship program in a business setting, participating in work rotations at the host site to gain experience and transferable skills. PathPoint partners with Kern County Library and leads afternoon workshops at the site covering: communication, interviewing, job search and reflection. Participants also receive job support and mentoring following the completion of the program to secure competitive employment. Contact: Elisa Garcia at Elisa.Garcia@PathPoint.org 661.809.4888

Life Skills Plus (LSP) services are designed to encourage meaningful interactions and community integration for people who have social or behavioral support needs. Contact: Joy Bowers at Joy.Bowers@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6881

Integrated Work (IWK) gives individuals an opportunity to explore their vocational interests in small groups by contributing to their community through volunteerism or as trainees in community employment. Contact: Joy Bowers at Joy.Bowers@PathPoint.org or 661.809.6881