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Accessing College Courses For Students With ASD And ADHD
Not Admitted? Not a Problem! Non-matriculated courses provide an alternate start to college. Mansfield Hall students have the option of starting courses at local colleges as either matriculated or non-matriculated students. This variety of starting points provides students multiple ways…
Mansfield Hall’s Winter Excursion: Trip Report
By Bryan WilkinsonDirector of Student Life, Burlington, VT January 3rd – 8pm Everyone has successfully rendezvoused at the hotel in Fort Myers after flying in from various locations across the country. Our group size is five students, two Mansfield Hall…
Succeeding in College with Asperger’s Syndrome
Succeeding in college with Asperger’s Syndrome can be challenging given the novel set of social norms, expectations, and hidden rules. Learning, but more importantly, understanding this complicated web of expectations can be a challenging goal for students with Asperger’s Syndrome.…
Transitional College Programs for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Reality check: no one is going to wake you up in college. In fact, your parents are likely at home sipping Bloody Marys discussing how nice it is to have turned your room into the guest room and how relaxing…
Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities
College should, and can, be a place where all types of students can learn, grow, and thrive – including students with identified learning disabilities and/or learning differences. Making the transition from home and high school academics to college and independence…
Coaching Diverse Learners to Success
In the United States Marine Corps (USMC) thirteen week bootcamp, many lessons are imparted to recruits from their drill instructors. One more recent lesson specifically designed by the USMC is to awaken a recruit’s internal locus of control. This is…
Registration is now open for The College Inclusion Summit
An intensive three-day gathering for professionals working with campus-based and independent programs that support degree-seeking college students with Autism and related learning differences. Please join us as we gather for a working meeting to discuss successful strategies, challenges and current…
Education, Empowerment, and Community: The Women of Mansfield Hall
On Saturday, March 25th, a group of 16 women gathered in the Mansfield Hall cafe in leggings and athletic wear. Donuts from Dunkin, combined with the promise of punching and kicking out some stress or anger, served as adequate motivation…
Universal Design for Learning: The Metaphorical Ramp to Curricular Content
Teachers in elementary schools, high schools, and college classrooms alike constantly ask themselves similar questions: Why aren’t my students performing well on tests? Why aren’t my students understanding the concepts I am teaching them? Why aren’t my students meeting the…
If Wishes Were Horses & How Do You Eat An Elephant?: A Menagerie of Metaphors On The Importance of Setting Social SMART Goals
It is the New Year, which is officially “Resolution Season.” Case in point: January is by far the most popular month to join a fitness club, and your local gym will likely see up to a 50% uptick in utilization…
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Meet Madison based life skills coach Alyssa is on deck for today`s Staff Spotlight!
A fashion icon, bug enthusiast, and creative problem solver extraordinaire- tell us what you love about Alyssa in the comments!
Winters here, we couldn’t be happier!!!!
This week at Mansfield Hall, Madison student Cory created a hand-drawn coloring book for a fundraising initiative; each creature is based off of the delicious recipes inside, (available for adoption) Madison Cat Project cat Leila tried to find a new purr-spective on shelter life, and our Dominion League dominated in Burlington.
See ya next week!
Autism is not a single experience – it is a broad spectrum of neurological differences in how people communicate, learn, and connect.
At Mansfield Hall, we focus on strengths, self-understanding, and supportive community.
We had a pretty grape Halloween this year!
Just a good ole fashioned photo dump because we`re living in the ~moment~
Happy Halloween everyone!
What are you dressing up as?
