Jean A.
- Rockport, TX 78382 ( 24.8 mi )
- Expert Basic Learning Skills Tutor
- Female
- Member since: 01/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Tutoring Rate: $25 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
- Also Tutors: Elementary Social Studies, Elementary Science, Elementary Study Skills, Elementary Vocabulary, Elementary Phonics, Elementary Reading, Elementary Grammar, Elementary
My comments on tutoring Basic Learning Skills : I first assess your reading ability, and whether you are having problems in math as well. Review the TPRI scores if you are beyond 2nd grade to see what the last one taken shows. Work on improving your vocabulary and comprehension skills, and start the early introduction of how to teach sequencing skills, organizational skills, check into your spelling abilities, how to tackle homework, and offer help aids for anyone who gets an explanation about a paper to do at home but cannot remember what they are to do. I provide solutions to some of these problems.
Time spent attending conferences and workshops began to help me learn how to help my severely-dyslexic son and grandson. Then I helped apply some of the concepts learned to help several dyslexic families with the problems they had including ADD/ADHA, organizational, spelling, reading, and comprehension issues. I have been volunteering for several years gaining experience along the way. Every student I have helped has had some kind of learning disability involved and guess those have various levels of dyslexia. In just a few cases have I been successful in getting them to have their children diagnosed. I have recently improved the outcomes of several students who have come to me and taken a complete non-reader and made him into a successful lst grade reader in a relatively short period of time. I have helped a student improve his reading level and am getting his performance to a 2nd ... read more
