{"id":3694,"date":"2019-04-12T20:43:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:43:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T00:43:58","slug":"executive-functioning-embedded-college-support-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/2019\/04\/12\/executive-functioning-embedded-college-support-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Functioning &#038; Embedded College Support Programs For Students With Asperger\u2019s, ASD, ADHD, and Learning Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Case For Integrated Case Management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many diverse learners have been well-served by the recent proliferation of on-campus and embedded support programs. \u00a0They exist in both traditional and specialized colleges, and they provide a wide range of additional supports and services. \u00a0Some are a fee-for-service model, some require an alternate application process, and many provide students with additional academic tutoring. \u00a0Understanding the level of support provided, the domains in which these supports exist, and the depth and breadth of cross-domain case management within the collegiate environment are all important factors to consider when evaluating support options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many <a href=\"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/academics\/aspergers-autism-college-success\/\">students with Aspergers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/academics\/aspergers-autism-college-success\/\">Autism Spectrum Disorders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/academics\/college-students-with-adhd\/\">ADHD<\/a>, or Learning Disabilities challenges also exist with Executive Functioning &#8211; and those challenges are not only reserved for the classroom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/add-adhd\/guide\/executive-function#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WebMD defines Executive Functioning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a set of mental skills that help to accomplish tasks and goals. \u00a0Seated primarily in the frontal lobe, these skills help students:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay attention<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switch focus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan and organize<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember details<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid saying or doing the wrong thing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do things based on your experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multitask<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many ways, college is an extended and experiential assessment of a student\u2019s capacity for applied and sustained Executive Functioning. \u00a0The self-discipline required to effectively make the transition from home and high school and active parental support in organization to full independence at college should not be underestimated, and finding opportunities to test and practice these skills before leaving home is important. \u00a0The recognition that some additional supports may be needed often leads students to seek out embedded college support programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holistically considered, the Executive Functions serve as a sort of internal Case Manager for one\u2019s life &#8211; and must be effectively applied not only in work or school, but also across the domains of independent living, social integration, personal health, and finances. \u00a0That Case Management must also include the capacity to regularly and accurately self-assess and self-evaluate, which requires a level of mature metacognition that many students have not yet developed before they head off to college. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this recognition often leads students to consider on-campus and embedded support programs, an important consideration is that if there are identified challenges in Executive Functioning then there are also likely to be skill gaps in a student\u2019s capacity to be their own Case Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important elements to consider are the depth, breadth, and cross-domain integration of the support program: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the support model only for academics, or does it extend into multiple domains of a student\u2019s experience? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How integrated are the supports across those domains (academics, social, independent living, health, finance, etc)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What level of student initiation and activation is required for the support model to be \u201ctriggered\u201d into action?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the mechanism of the service delivery?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where does the support take place?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who provides support? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the size of caseloads within the support model?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are challenges addressed?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does a student need to be their own Case Manager in order to activate and align supports in multiple domains?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizing that a student may benefit from additional supports and services while making the transition to college and independence is an important step. \u00a0The need for support does not mean that a student is not college capable. It simply means that they may not yet be ready for complete independence at college. \u00a0Embedded and on-campus support programs can provide a positive pathway to college success &#8211; and taking the time to drill into the supports and understand the Executive Functioning and Case Management skills required to utilize those supports is also a critical step in a student\u2019s successful college experience.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Case For Integrated Case Management Many diverse learners have been well-served by the recent proliferation of on-campus and embedded support programs. \u00a0They exist in both traditional and specialized colleges, and they provide a wide range of additional supports and services. \u00a0Some are a fee-for-service model, some require an alternate application process, and many provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,22,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-skills","category-independence","category-life-skills"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mansfieldhall.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}