The time period needed for home and workplace schedule accommodations varies for each individual however a variety of promising practices, like the ones listed below, help clients successfully manage their home and/or work-life:

• Schedule-reminders (telephone, email, iPhone, alarm clocks)
• Scheduled rest breaks to prevent stimulus overload and fatigue
• Work task checklists and clipboards
• Tape recorders as memory aids
• Stop watches for time management
• Job coaches who make frequent, scheduled site visits
• Supportive phone calls after work
• Role playing exercises related to the job
• Periodic evaluation forms completed by supervisors and/or job coaches
• Job-site accommodations including adaptive technology
• Job sharing with another employee
• Mentoring by a co-worker or retired worker
• Setting reasonable expectations for task completion
• Limiting multi-tasking
• Scheduling more difficult or challenging tasks at the beginning of the work shift to account for fatigue
• Recognizing accomplishments through positive reinforcement