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Week 4
So far in class, we have identified where we are in our current routines and where we would like to go in order to be more ready for work and maintain balance in our life.
This week, we are going to look at the Stages of Change, learn how to set SMART goals, and use Habit Trackers to assist us in making lasting small changes in our routines.
Week 5
So far, we have looked at our routines and decided what we want to change. We have also learned how to write SMART goals and make small measurable and attainable changes.
This week, we are going to look at what our brain does to try and keep us the same and resist change, and then learn strategies for overcoming these tactics of the brain.
Daily Routines
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Learning how to structure the day is one of the hardest and most important elements for those living with Neurodivergence. Being unable to do so can often become a source of debilitating and invisible shame and guilt. This program helps participants create sustainable daily routines and manage barriers as they come up without quitting. We address the 'predictable unpredictability' that can mean consistency is always going to be difficult. We use a nervous system-based framework that helps to understand why this is, and include strategies on how to modify routines if pain, trauma, overload or dysregulation are present.
An innovative and neurodivergent affirming two-sided approach is used to increase executive function skills over the long term, increase participant's ability to identify barriers to success, and independently remove (or accommodate for) those barriers in the short term. Participants also learn how to manage different levels of functioning based on the overall state of the nervous system and the associated activity in different brain regions, allowing participants to move closer to long-term sustainable employment now.
PROGRAM GOALS
- Identify ideal wake up and pre-sleep routines for being successful in the employment setting
- Learn how to Create SMART goals around moving toward these routines and plans for making sure change is sustainable, reasonable, and specific.
- Identify barriers to success in routines and create plans, strategies, and accommodations to remove or minimize these barriers
- Learn strategies for increasing ability to internalize the passage of time, see oneself moving through time and space - addressing key weaknesses in why routines can be so difficult for Neurodivergence.
- Identify how to modify routines if pain, trauma, overload or any form of dysregulation is present
WHO THIS PROGRAM IS FOR - WHEN IT MAY BE HELPFUL
This program should only be considered when a participant actively wants to develop daily routines around sleep hygiene, managing activities of daily living, and routines to get ready for work so that they can arrive on time and ready to work more consistently. It can also be used to set up daily routines for emotional regulation and sensory processing needs, so that participants can be regulated enough to engage with the employment process to obtain and maintain consistent long-term employment.
COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAMS
- Time Management
- Emotional Regulation - highly recommended this is taken first
- Sensory Processing
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