| Management of time is all about setting your priorities | | | | You need to expect that people with disabilities have |
| inclusive of your tasks, rituals and activities which you | | | | skills that are very different from yours. Learning |
| perform routinely in your life. It really helps in organizing | | | | disabilities are a result of the lack of a protein in the |
| your day and spending it in an orderly manner. | | | | brain which helps in cognition and learning. This |
| This is the best way to plan all your activities and work | | | | deficiency can lead to serious developmental problems |
| for the day. It makes sure that you have the maximum | | | | and even to other disabilities like blindness. |
| possible time for all you activities. | | | | This is where the differences arise. A student with |
| Management of time is a strategy used to efficiently | | | | such disabilities will find it very difficult to cope with |
| do your work in as little time as possible. By properly | | | | pressures normal peoples could easily deal with. For |
| using this method, you will have a lot of time to | | | | most of their life, they would have felt the frustration |
| complete your work and have time or your leisure as | | | | of not being able to cope with such pressures. |
| well. This will greatly reduce your stress levels as | | | | Students with disabilities take a long time to finish a |
| things are going according to a plan. | | | | task as they do not posses all the abilities required to |
| People using this technique usually have a habit of | | | | finish the task. This greatly affects their self belief and |
| writing every activity they will be doing in the day. You | | | | their life in general. |
| can use it just as they do. Make a checklist of all the | | | | You could be a savior to them by telling them about |
| activities you plan to do during the day. Tick off | | | | the proper management of time. Some of the other |
| everything you completed in the day and note down | | | | things you can do to help them are given below. |
| those which you did not. | | | | - Give the students with disabilities tasks they could |
| By following this method, you will realize what all you | | | | finish in a day. Never give them tasks which you would |
| can and cannot do in a single day. But, making the list | | | | give to normal individuals, as they could find it very |
| and writing and checking it off also takes time and so | | | | difficult to finish it on time. |
| you need not put in every activity for the day, just the | | | | - Let them know what you expect from them before |
| important ones are enough. | | | | you give them the task. It is vital that they know |
| Time management can also be used to set your | | | | exactly what you need from them. |
| objectives. You need a deadline to finish all the work | | | | - Speak directly and clearly to them and use simple |
| and reach you goals. By doing this, you will end up | | | | language. |
| focusing the maximum energy you have towards | | | | - You can give them assignments so that they can |
| those activities which lead to your goals instead of | | | | practice their skills at home. |
| wasting time on other things. | | | | - Provide them with extra materials so that they can |
| Management of time can be pretty easy for people | | | | learn more. |
| with normal lives. It is relatively easy to prioritize if you | | | | - Keep you expectations realistic. Never give them |
| have normal skills and can think normally. But have you | | | | tasks you know they cannot finish, but always give |
| ever wonder how the physically challenged deal with | | | | them some room to improve their tasks. |
| time management? | | | | - Appreciate the tasks that they complete and the |
| It can be really trying for people with disabilities to cope | | | | effort they put in. |
| with the rules of the normal world. They experience a | | | | These are some things you can do to help disabled |
| lot of difficulties in attaining their goals as a result of | | | | students manage their time properly. You need to be |
| their disabilities. But you help them a great deal by | | | | patient as results will take some time to manifest |
| giving them some of your time to help them reach | | | | themselves. |
| goals they couldn't reach by themselves. | | | | |