Anyone else work with adults with special needs?

Question

I take care of my younger brother who has special needs due to a seizure disorder. He is 24 years old, but due to brain damage caused by the seizures he functions on a much younger level. He is supposed to work three days a week for 1 hour. He is now refusing to leave the house in the morning to go. If I try to push it he gets very angry. Any ideas to help get him out the door?

Answer 1

try persuading him. Like saying if we go to work, we can get icecream after. (or go do something that he really likes). You can try strolls in the park, long walks, stuff like that. Try to keep it kinda on a schedule. Or it may be because he doesn't lie the transportation. If it isn't to far away, walk. Find stuff that he enjoys doing to get him to work. Like on the way, play hand games with him like try to teach him patty cake and that kinda stuff. It should work if you  just try to find something that he likes for the way to work or after work.

Answer 2

CNA

Has anything changed or altered his environment? Has he had some difficulties at work? Something is wrong and be detective and find out. Explain to the job he may need a time out? Not as discipline but he may get combative and risk others so be safe while you see what's wrong. He's telling you something.

God bless. Caregiver is the hardest job in the world. Kudos for the love you share. Aloha.

Answer 3

Firstly  take him for a medical check to rule out any health issues. Talk to someone like a welfare officer or good friend at his work to see if the problem is at work. Does he go by public transport is there something different. is he verbal if yes ask him.

Answer 4

I do not work with adults, but have worked with elementry

level students for 13 years.

mentally they are the same.

you need to get to his level age wise.

offer bribes. whatever he likes the best. food or otherwise.

make it a pleasent experience,

do not push or shove. just go down to his level. walk him out with whatever makes him happy.

Answer 5

Talk to the people at his workplace.  He may not be able to communicate what he dislikes about the work routine.  Offer to go with him one time and see if that makes a difference.  Does he have a social worker assigned to him?  If so, talk to the social worker and see if they can help you.  If he is supposed to go to work three times a week then it's important to them also that he succeed in workplace.

Answer 6

Every behavior is a form of communication.  He may be telling you (with his behavior) that there is a reason that he doesn't want to go to work... he just can't verbalize it.

Instead of pushing him out the door and forcing him to go to work, I would suggest taking a look at what's going on at his work.  Is something happening there that would cause him not to want to go to work?  Has someone been mean to him at work?  Is he bored at work?