Problem
Possible Accommodations
Maintaining stamina during the workday
- Provide flexible scheduling
- Allow job sharing or redistribution of work
Difficulty concentrating
- Reduce distractions in the work area
- Divide large assignments into smaller tasks
- Provide space enclosures or arrangements that enhance privacy
Staying organized and meeting deadlines
- Use calendar to mark meetings and deadlines
- Make daily to-do lists and check items off as they are completed
Misinterpreting work assignments
- Give written job instructions
- Write clear expectations of responsibilities and consequences of not meeting them
- Encourage questions and open communication
- Provide regular and frequent meetings with the employee to discuss workplace issues, changes and work performance expectations
- Provide directions in a consistent manner
- Consider one-to-one supervision that is easily accessible
Accommodating Employees with PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES Home WHOM DOES THIS AFFECT?
MYTHS ABOUT PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES
WHAT IS REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION?
HELPFUL HINTS TO CONSIDER DURING THE ACCOMMODATION PROCESS