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Core to our model is providing supported in-house and community-based opportunities for our students to socially engage and build meaningful and lasting relationships.
Pre-processing, planning, in vivo (real-time) coaching, and post-processing can all help students find, build, and maintain the social connections that can make life in college fun, and choosing to live in an intentional living and learning community in a college environment creates the unique and ideal conditions for students to develop the following skills:
The Importance of Social Support
We recognize that our students may face unique challenges when it comes to socializing and building connections with their peers. Our services are designed to provide the support and resources students need to overcome these challenges and thrive in a social environment.
How Mansfield Hall Supports Social Engagement
We take a holistic approach to social support at Mansfield Hall. This means that we focus not only on providing continuous and regular opportunities for social engagement (there is always something fun going on at The Hall or in the community), but also on building students’ social skills and addressing any underlying challenges that may be preventing them from making meaningful connections with their peers.
Our safe and supportive community, robust evening and weekend social calendar, skill development seminars, and real-time coaching all play a key role in helping our students develop the social skills they need to succeed.
Social & Emotional Learning Support
Goal Setting and Case Management
We center each student’s individualized social and emotional learning around their goals for expanding their communication, engagement, and stress management skills. Students work closely with their team to identify, articulate, and work toward these goals, and they benefit from the ongoing support and coaching provided by the Mansfield Hall team.
Augmenting individualized goals, students also participate in a host of ongoing Interpersonal Skill Development Seminars.
Typical Seminar Topics:
Pre-Storative & Restorative Practices
By intentionally addressing community, connection, and social integration as critical elements of the Mansfield Hall experience, we are able to provide the safe and supportive community our students need in order to be comfortable being themselves as they are engaged in the process of becoming who they will be in the future.
Pre-storative practices provide the framework and process needed to help our students acclimate to college and greater independence while also connecting with peers and being respectful and supportive community members both within The Hall and beyond.
Additionally, Restorative Practices create the environment for students to increase their social and emotional learning opportunities, build and strengthen community values, and address any conflict in the community in a way that centers on the voices of those impacted by the actions of others, while also creating the opportunity for community members to build perspective-taking and empathy skills, take authentic accountability for their actions, practice interpersonal communication skills, and make responsible decisions.
Partnership with Local Service Providers
In addition to the comprehensive Social and Emotional Coaching available within the scope of Mansfield Hall, students may also choose to secure the services of a local service provider for support with Occupational Therapy (OT), individualized Speech and Language support (SLP), or work with a therapist, counselor, or other mental health provider. While these relationships are separate from enrollment within Mansfield Hall, and students are always welcome to utilize their provider of choice, we are able to provide families with a list of practitioners in the area who have historically worked well with Mansfield Halls students.
Learn more about our other Four Core Areas:
Good things take time- Eugene Halloween on Polaroids
Obsessed with a crafty queen! Aven and life skills coach Juneau working on her Halloween costume 🎃👻.
PS. Burlington students, be sure to check out sewing club!
Sometimes a 5K is called a fun run- can confirm that much fun was had by all! 🏃
We`re doing our best to soak up these last fall days- it was well worth the effort this hike took!
There’s some fascinating research coming out surrounding the possible links between neurodivergence, hyper mobility, and regulation right now.
The overall conversation is surrounding the idea that neurodivergent folks are 4 times more likely to have generalized hypermoblity- a connective tissue disorder where the ligaments in the body are looser and thusly have to effort extra hard to hold everything in the body together. This additional effort the body has to exert daily to keep everything in order may be linked to a host of things, all pointing to the idea that these folks systems are working overtime to keep regulated.
Exercise, especially strength training can help ease this strain on the body by strengthening the muscles around the ligaments, which can help ease the job of those ligaments with consistent training over time.
Mansfield Hall offers students the opportunity to join in for two structured workouts a week focused on upper and lower body as well as core stability for this reason!
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