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Asking for Accommodations — Practice worksheet

Draft a request for written information, quieter space, flexible timing, or another personally relevant support.

15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate

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Fictional example: Casey understands appointments better with a written summary.

Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Accommodations can reduce environmental barriers rather than demanding more endurance.

1. Choose a workable example

Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.

2. Try the practice

Draft a request for written information, quieter space, flexible timing, or another personally relevant support.

3. Compare possibilities

Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.

4. Decide together

What change would improve access to care or participation? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.

Prompts for this resource

  1. My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
  2. My response to the practice task above:
  3. What change would improve access to care or participation?
  4. An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:

Conceptual background

Illness Management and Recovery Evidence-Based Practices KIT — SAMHSA

Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.

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