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A good tutor will have a combination of expertise as well as personal qualities that are best for helping struggling students. Ask a potential tutor
what approach or methodology he or she follows. Check out my links to web sites about learning disabilities and other learning issues. These sites will help educate you about what the research
says. Then you can be more prepared to ask a tutor specific questions. A tutor should be able to provide systematic instruction, develop concepts, and build skills in a sequenced way. For reading, it should be multisensory and explicit. A tutor must also have qualities that you have learned to look for as a parent. A tutor needs to be patiently consistent and consistently patient. A tutor needs to have a good rapport with students so that the student can feel safe and comfortable. Many students have grown terrified of failing. A good tutor takes the failure out of learning by providing the right instruction as well as atmosphere.
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