Support In The Workplace
At the mention of someone being special needs gets some people questioning and doubting their potentials. " Special needs" does not mean dumb or useless. It simply means that this person will need a little bit more understanding and patience from you to reach their full potential. When that potential is reached, you will only have yourself to thank for not letting another genius pass you by.
For those companies who recruits special needs people but does not have the full understanding of what their special employee really needs to function better, we are here to help. We will send a specialized team member to come to your work place to assist. We will help settle them in. We will go through your company's polices and procedures with them, we will sit with them when required to guide them through their daily routine.
There are procedures to be followed, reasonable adjustments to be made. Need our services? please contact us for more information.
The question is how can Sanatore support a Special Needs person on the job?
How we support will depend largely on the individual themselves and their abilities. What is the person currently doing, do they have the qualifications, much like any other employee. Many can be very well educated and have top of the line careers. Often one finds that those jobs tend to be where the individual can work more independently such as science, IT and math.
Don't expect him/her to take nonverbal social cues. You might need to be more direct to help him/her operate socially with others. This is good as long as the directness is coming from a spirit of helpfulness. He/she may also not get others' senses of humour or may take things more literally so do perception checks. Don't be scared to use humour and involve him/her in it- this takes time but it can have great results. Respond directly. We will Support him/her by discussing topics they are interested in (there will be some that they know unbelievable amounts of data about) BUT also we will cue them when they are talking for too long or not listening to others. We will be direct, kind, and encourage others to do the same. When you have something you want them to change or improve, give a very specific list of how to do it and be consistent with prompting him to follow the list. He/she may also need more time with transitions than others- like getting started on a new task or wrapping up a task. Enjoy his/her special quirks and let them figure out their own niche. Also expect his/best best effort -they can give it.
For those companies who recruits special needs people but does not have the full understanding of what their special employee really needs to function better, we are here to help. We will send a specialized team member to come to your work place to assist. We will help settle them in. We will go through your company's polices and procedures with them, we will sit with them when required to guide them through their daily routine.
There are procedures to be followed, reasonable adjustments to be made. Need our services? please contact us for more information.
The question is how can Sanatore support a Special Needs person on the job?
How we support will depend largely on the individual themselves and their abilities. What is the person currently doing, do they have the qualifications, much like any other employee. Many can be very well educated and have top of the line careers. Often one finds that those jobs tend to be where the individual can work more independently such as science, IT and math.
Don't expect him/her to take nonverbal social cues. You might need to be more direct to help him/her operate socially with others. This is good as long as the directness is coming from a spirit of helpfulness. He/she may also not get others' senses of humour or may take things more literally so do perception checks. Don't be scared to use humour and involve him/her in it- this takes time but it can have great results. Respond directly. We will Support him/her by discussing topics they are interested in (there will be some that they know unbelievable amounts of data about) BUT also we will cue them when they are talking for too long or not listening to others. We will be direct, kind, and encourage others to do the same. When you have something you want them to change or improve, give a very specific list of how to do it and be consistent with prompting him to follow the list. He/she may also need more time with transitions than others- like getting started on a new task or wrapping up a task. Enjoy his/her special quirks and let them figure out their own niche. Also expect his/best best effort -they can give it.