Patricia T.
- Meeker, OK 74855 ( 33 mi )
- Experienced Hearing Impaired Tutor
- Female Age 66
- Member since: 12/2016
- Will travel up to 30 miles
- Rates from $25 to $40 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Hearing Impaired, Basic Learning Skills
My comments on tutoring Hearing Impaired : I am a certified Sign Language interpreter and have interpreted for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students of all ages for the last 14 years. As part of my job description, I was a tutor to these same students. For the last 3 years, I had to take on the role of teaching to a middle school aged Deaf student due to lack of Deaf Education teachers for most of his academic day.
I also have experience with Deaf and H of H students that had other disabilities such as: Low cognitive Ability, Blindness, Charge syndrome, Autism, Obstinate Defiance Disorder and Emotional Disability.
I also am able to tutor High School and College students who need help learning American Sign Language.
I love to see students "Get it!" when I tutor. I am patient, tenacious and I don't give up until a student understands! One of my areas of expertise is creating visual materials for students who are visual learners. I will draw, use manipulatives and anything else it takes to explain a concept.
I worked for 14 years as an interpreter/tutor for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and tutor to hearing students as well. (from 2002-2016) Twelve years of my experience has been working with elementary aged and middle school aged students, though I have worked with students from pre-school to high school ages as well. (However; middle school and high school math is not my expertise!) I can also tutor high school and college students who are taking American Sign Language (ASL) as their foreign language credit.
Some of the most enjoyable parts of my past experience have been working as ... read more
