Benefits to Child

Benefits to Adult

Tutoring Techniques

Tutoring Areas

Speech-Language Pathology Literacy Clinic offers professional tutoring services for both children and adults.

Our tutoring goals are these:

• Knowledge:       You will learn skills and subject terminology by definition.
• Understanding:  You will learn why and how the subject is important to you.
• Wisdom:            You will learn subject application by demonstration,
                              illustration and/or experimentation.

Benefits for the child include

• Academic improvement,
• Improved performance on proficiency tests,
• Eligibility for and participation in advanced placement classes,
• Better performance on college entrance exams such as SAT and ACT,
• Being better prepared for college
• Improved understanding of college scholarship requirements.

Benefits for the adult include

• Improved current job advancement potential
• Preparation for future job opportunities
• Preparation for college
• Personal improvement

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Tutoring instruction techniques
We employ numerous and varied instructional techniques in our tutoring. 
They include the following:

• Assessment & evaluation
• Developmental Sequence
• Time management & multi-tasking
• Outlining & note taking
• Question & answer discussions
• Research & development
• Homework reinforcement
• Test monitoring
• Computer & audio technologies
• Checklists & screenings

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Tutoring Areas:
SLPLC offers professional tutoring in these areas:
Computer Literacy, Mathematics, Reading, and Science

Reading:

• Comprehension
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Vocabulary Development
• Writing

Mathematics:

• Arithmetic
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Graphing
• Trigonometry
• Statistics

 Science:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Electronics
• Health
• Physics

Computer literacy:

• Hardware
• Software
• Internet

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