Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Dyslexia: Tutorial Support

Individual Sessions:  £35 per hour
Fees for Disability Support Allowance:  £65 per hour
07970 126670

Tutorial support for students with dyslexia involves helping to focus study skills on the tasks that the dyslexic student struggles with. It does not involve the tutor doing the work for the student. 


In some cases, people who are dyslexic find it hard to think about, for instance, how to tackle an assignment or an essay without someone to talk the assignment through with. As a dyslexia tutor, I help you to talk through the assignment, asking probing questions about what your thoughts and opinions are about the assignment. 


Further, someone who is dyslexic may find it hard to be able to write down their own thoughts on what the key components that the assignment requires of them. As a dyslexia tutor, I write down the words the student uses to capture the students thoughts and opinions are about the assignment.


Distractability is a key component of dyslexia, and I also employ some 'project management' skills to help keep you on track. On occasions, this may seem like you are being told to restrict your actions, but usually on reflection you become aware that the line of action you had been pursuing was not pertinant to completing the assignment.


For some with dyslexia, it is sometimes necessary to review your revision strategies, essay writing skills, or note taking and organisation of the hours your study. All of these things are comprehensively addressed by in Dyslexia Support Tutorials. 


In this time of modern technology, it is possible to receive tutorial support to this end, using internet meeting rooms, and telephone, as well as face to face. I have worked with students in Tonbridge, Exeter, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Wales, Oxford with great success.


Individual Sessions:  £35 per hour
Fees for Disability Support Allowance:  £65 per hour
07970 126670