• Parental tutoring should only be carried out if the sessions rarely result in unduly stress and frustration for either the child or parent. The reasoning here is that negative emotions not only inhibit learning but, more significantly, they can also affect the child/parent relationship.

  Therefore, if parental tutoring isn’t going well an alternative approach should be considered. For instance, parents could:

  • hire a tutor – see blog entry 10 for tips on choosing a tutor;
  • look into having a trained school volunteer assist their child;
  • use the services of a reputable learning centre;
  • consider linking up with parents whose child also has a learning problem and tutor each other’s children.

Incidentally, a child’s limited progress doesn’t rest on his shoulders but on the shoulders of the teaching system. A system where far too many teachers graduate from university without sufficient knowledge on how to assist students with persistent learning problems and where the some teachers aren’t keeping up with their professional development..

The next posting will address tips on choosing a tutor.

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