Tutor Solutions: Advice and Tips to suit your · 11/11/2016 · Tutor Request I can't get a...
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Tutor Solutions:Advice and Tips to suit your
Student’s Needs
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Ask Questions
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Workshop Host
Allison MaldonadoSkid Row Learning Instructor
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Themes
Addressing SLD (Specific Learning Disability)
Tutor Growth and Mindset
Communication and the Team
Follow-Up and Progress
Motivation, Focus , and Frustration
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Tutor Request
I think my student has a learning disability - what should I do to address it?
Deficit Vs. Disability
Utilize Assessments Previous Grade – Remove Cover Page https://www.schoolonwheels.org/academic-program/
Parent must send letter of request to the school requesting formal comprehensive testing
Can help write – parent must sign
Turn in to School Psychologist/Social Worker/Homeless Liaison
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Learning Disabilities
Student Support Team: Psychologist, occupational and physical therapists, a speech language
pathologist, and an educational specialist.
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) - do not recognize subtle
differences between sounds in words (minimal background noise filter)
Dyscalculia - poor comprehension of math symbols
Dysgraphia – handwriting ability and fine motor skills
Dyslexia - Affects reading and related language-based processing skills
Learning Disabilities Association of America:
https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/
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Tutor Request
Where can I get some exercises for myself so I can help her better?
• Make Lists:• What did you want from a teacher? • Top Character traits – How do they apply?
• Day as student • Follow Schedule: various times of day (wake up, eat, bedtime) • Do work without same resources
• Refresh Your Skills• Take Assessments • Do Worksheets
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Tutor Request
I can't get a response from my student's teacher. Is there something else to try?
Tips to communicate with teachers:
Email is best – Phone messages rarely get passed along
Stress taking away workload as opposed to creating more
Share Notes that are applicable to class only – ask opinion
Keep it short and sweet
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Tutor Request
• I don't feel supported at times with her following up on work or homework she is given. There are always excuses as to why she doesn't do it. I have formed alliances with other adults working with her, but the response is the same. Minimal progress. (Follow-Up, Team Formed, Minimal Progress)
• BackPack Detective o Points for Proof
• Planners and Charts:• Academic and Social Use
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Tutor Request
Team Formed: Who is on the team? How does Student perceive the
team? Is student on the team?
Minimal Progress:
List Expectations:
Benchmarks and
Adaptations
“Ketchup” Book
•Quick reference
guides
•Motivating quotes and
successes
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Ketchup Book
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Tutor Request
• I currently don't have a student but my former
student in 3rd grade struggled with her motivation
to do well in school.
• How do you help a teen student who says they want tutoring but gets frustrated quickly and likes to quit halfway through his session?
• How do you help a distracted student regain their focus during tutoring
sessions?
Motivation:
• Character Traits:
– Understand how to self motivate or what that feels like
– Counter frustration with coping skills
– https://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey
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Tutor Request
Motivation and Focus Let Student guide you towards
goals and rewards
Personalizing the boards increases success
rates and creates a stronger bond
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Tutor Request
FOCUS AND FRUSTRATION
• Focus Check-In
• What did we just talk
about?
• List 2 things
• Incorrect Wording
• Baseline:
• How long before they lose focus?
• Triggers for frustration
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Allison Maldonado - [email protected] Bayus - [email protected]