1. Tutoring Adult
Students with
Special Learning
Needs
Tuesday, May 10
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Room: 230C
*Presented by Irina Cline and
Marie Ferro

2. Program News
– 206 (147%) active students and 50 (100%) active
tutors
– Tutoring during the summer
– Working with the higher-level students
– End of the Year Celebration: Tuesday, June 14th,
2:00-4:00pm, 230C

3. End of the Year Celebration
Tuesday, June 14th
2:00-4:00pm
230C
Potluck: *Bring a dish to share
For tutors and students

4. Upcoming Trainings
LITERACY ROUNDTABLE
♦
Come share your experiences, ideas, and resources with other volunteer tutors from
across the Chicago area.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Literacenter
651 W. Lake Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60661

5. Upcoming Trainings
SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS:
Understanding Learning Disabilities
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Check-in 5:45 pm; Training 6:00-8:00 pm
Indo-American Center
6328 N. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60659

6. Special Learning Needs
– Not equal to a Learning Disability (legal term)
– Manifested in how the individual processes information
– Inconsistent
– A pattern of uneven abilities
– NOT mental retardation
– NOT lack of motivation
– NOT a homogeneous group of factors

7. Variables That May Influence
Ability to Learn
– Linguistic background
– Educational opportunities
– Background experiences
– Socio-economical status
– Influence of study habits & previous learning
– Cultural differences, value systems
– Intellectual capability
– Health

8. Source Book for the Disabled
Refer to the handout

9. Learning Adjustments
– Interview and learning assessment
– Subject matter organization and presentation
– Wide arrange of learning methods
– Different means of information input and output
– Referrals

10. Learning Circle
Input Output

11. Your Methods
What methods do you use to address your
students’ learning needs?
Group Discussion

12. Ten-Minute Interview
– Co-investigators
– Equal partners

13. Practice
Practice Ten-minute Interview in pairs

14. Task Analysis
– Breaking tasks into steps
– Recipe for success
– Help students analyze the tasks
– Lead to mastery of specific skill
– Self-monitoring

15. Practice
Complete the Task Analysis Worksheet

16. Lesson Organizer

17. Practice
In small groups, complete a lesson organizer

18. Instructional Strategies
– Wide arrange of learning methods
– Different means of information input and output

19. Reading
– Phonological awareness (letters represent sounds)
– Systematic vocabulary instruction
– Modeling, think aloud
– Context Clues
– Paraphrasing, summarizing
– Questioning

20. Writing
– Process approach
– Outline, mapping
– Write every day
– Five-paragraph essay
– Spontaneous Writing

21. Math
– Use manipulatives to make the math process concrete
– Teach that every word has a meaning (What percentage of 100 is 25?
Of=the whole, Is= the part)
– Encourage to practice math in real life (fractions in cooking, building)
– In a word problem:
 Read the problem twice
 Pick out the key words
 Restate the problem in your words
 Visualize the problem

22. Your Best Practices?
What are your best instructional practices?
Group discussion

23. Metacognitive Skills
– Generalization
– Prioritization
– Systematic Planning
– Time Management
– Organization
– Frustration Tolerance
– Problem Solving

24. Metacognitive Skills
– Who taught you to study? Organize your time?
– How do you organize everything?
– How did you learn to critically think through a
situation?

25. Learning Styles
– Visual
– Auditory
– Kinesthetic
– Tactile
– Group
– Individual

26. Learning Styles Questionnaire

27. Practice
Fill out the questionnaire and share out insights.

28. Questions?