Adrienne Mosey, of Brunswick, conducted a semester-long class research project in her bachelor of social work program as part of Wheelock College’s partnership with the Mattahunt Community Center in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.
The project is designed to help shape future programming at the Center, the college said in a news release.
Students visited the Mattahunt Community Center four times, first volunteering two times in the Mattahunt’s afterschool programs to get to know the staff, children and the community.
After visits with the children, the students documented reflections of their experience, any similarities and differences in social locations that exist between themselves and the children, and how these similarities or differences have an impact on their roles as researchers.
The students then visited the center two more times to survey parents about additional support services they would like to see provided there.
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