Dyslexia Connect Blog

Dyslexia tutors often give advice to parents on how to help their dyslexic children keep up with homework. Occasionally, a dyslexia tutor will also incorporate elements of a student’s homework into their dyslexia tutoring sessions. For students with dyslexia, keeping up with homework can be a challenge. Due to dyslexia, these children often take more time to read […]

Dyslexia tutors tend to see certain things again and again when they are tutoring. One of these things is fatigue in their students. For a child with dyslexia, reading and spelling can be very tiring. The amount of focus and concentration that is required for a dyslexic student to read and spell, particularly when they

One of the greatest things that a dyslexia tutor can help instill in a child is confidence. Often, children with dyslexia suffer from a lack of confidence and self-esteem. This typically is a result of them struggling academically and thinking that they are not “smart”. If they have not worked with a dyslexia tutor, they

A dyslexia tutor needs to possess certain qualities and skills to be truly effective when teaching dyslexic students. First, a dyslexia tutor needs to have special training in a dyslexia tutoring method that works.  A general background in education helps, but the nature of dyslexia requires special training for a dyslexia tutor to have all