Tutoring

Tutoring is available to fill gaps in basic skills in all academic areas.

To assist children with conversational repair strategies that request a speaker to modify or clarify a message (i.e., specifically, the ability to ask for clarification). A pragmatic language skill.
Translate proven research into effective educational practice to ensure students can read and use complex informational texts independently so that adult outcomes will be improved.
To demonstrate retrieval practices that help activate prior knowledge and give students practice at using previously learned material effectively. Thus, speeding up the cognitive transfer from long-term memory to working memory which embeds the learning more deeply.
To utilize research which demonstrates that concreteness, imagery, and verbal associative processes play major roles in educational domains.
Programs can be developed or modified to meet the needs of each student
Available during and after school hours for students and school agencies
Knowledge of specialized strategies to accommodate diverse learners

Decoding and encoding skills (reading & spelling) aka. Orton Gillingham instruction
Dual coding skills for comprehension issues
1. Talkies
  for Oral Language, Comprehension and Expression – ideal for preschool child or child with Autism
2. Visualization and Verbalization
  for Language Comprehension and Thinking (dual coding – the imagery-language connection that underlies comprehension and thinking
3. Spelling Instruction – Fernold Method
  Systematic, multi-sensory approach incorporates use of visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile (VAKT) modalities simultaneously
4. Mathematics
  Math strategies depend on child’s cognitive processes: verbal retention, language levels, executive functioning, visual-spatial and working memory skills
  1. math calculation
  2. reasoning tasks
  3. word problems
  4. numeric abilities
Use specialized training when more traditional methods have failed

Tutoring / Study Skills