The Tutor Fix

In this short video, Barb introduces the idea of using a secondary sense or modality to help a struggling student overcome learning problems. Poor handwriting, which is a visual-motor skill, might be improved by using the auditory sense, etc. After watching the video, what ideas do you have for making learning easier for students using their “bridging modality”? Let me know in the comments. I will plan to incorporate the best ideas into an upcoming video.

Foundational skills are necessary for a student to learn to read or succeed at math. Skills like attention span, digit span, working memory, auditory discrimination, visual perception are all necessary before learning can be easy for a child. And these skills build upon each other. In this video Barb will explain which skills are most important, how they build on each other and how repetition can help build these skills. She will explain what goes wrong when these skills aren't well-developed in a young student. Find out why some students seem to do OK until 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade and then begin to struggle.

Students who are "Visual Learners" are often at risk for dyslexia and other learning disabilities. We'll explore why the visual-spatial learner, or the student diagnosed with Visual Processing Disorder, often struggles with reading and writing, and may be diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia or an attention deficit disorder. This series is geared toward parents, but will also be of interest to reading specialists, teachers and tutors alike. If you want to see more videos like this more quickly, consider supporting this channel through Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/the-tutor-fix

In this second video in the series: How Kids Learn, Barb explores how Learning Modalities play a part, not only in how kids learn but in a child's chances of having learning disabilities. Again, this video is designed for the parent, but will also be of interest to reading specialists, teachers, and tutors. If you want to see more videos like this more quickly, consider supporting this channel through Donorbox: https://donorbox.org/the-tutor-fix

What causes a child to struggle to learn? It might have to do with which hemisphere of their brain is dominant, or more specifically if there is an extreme imbalance in the cerebral hemispheres. In this first video in the series of How Kids Learn, Barb explains in simple terms how our brain dominance can help or hinder the learning process. This series is geared toward parents, but will also be of interest to reading specialists, teachers, and tutors alike.