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More About This Title A Parent's Guide to Tutors and Tutoring: How to Support the Unique Needs of Your Child
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Praise for A Parent's Guide to Tutors and Tutoring:
"James Mendelsohn understands how tutoring and education must fit the unique core nature of every child. His ideas, methods, and techniques are brilliant and can make a big positive impact on improving your child's success in school and in life."
—Michael Gurian, author, The Minds of Boys, Boys and Girls Learn Differently, and Nurture the Nature
"This book shows parents how to avoid the stress and pressure of competition and instead pay attention to what our individual kids really need for success at school and in life."
—Michele Borba, Ed.D., author, Parents Do Make a Difference and Building Moral Intelligence
"Dr. Mendelsohn has written a wonderful book that is a great gift and resource to any parent struggling with the question of whether—and if so, how—to tutor their kid. For them, it is a must-read."
—Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D., coauthor, The Over-Scheduled Child
"If you are lucky, you might find a tutor like Dr. Mendelsohn. Reading this book should certainly be your first step."
—Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., educational psychologist and author, Your Child's Mind and Endangered Minds
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James Mendelsohn, Ph.D., is a busy, highly regarded tutor and founder of JRM Tutoring (jrmtutoring.com) in New York City. He has been on the faculty of the Dalton School, Boston University, and MIT and is a two-time winner of the Fulbright Lectureship.
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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction
To Tutor or Not to Tutor 1
Students Whose Parents Believe They Should Make Their Child Smarter 4
Students Whose Parents Want Them to Perform Flawlessly on the PSAT, SAT, or ACT 7
Students Who Do Well in One Subject but Not Another 9
Students Who Have Been Diagnosed with ADHD and Urged to Medicate 11
Students Who Have Poor Study Habits 13
Students Who Have Been Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder 18
Learning How to Learn: The Importance of Intellectual Independence 20
Chapter 1
Finding the Right Tutor for Your Child 23
What Underlying Approach Should a Tutor Take? 24
What Does Good Tutoring Look Like? 30
Three Characteristics of Good Tutoring 33
What Qualifications Should a Tutor Have? 38
Chapter 2
Expectations and the Tutoring Process 43
A Cautionary Tale 44
Basic Assumptions and Expectations 47
A Frame for Tutoring 63
Chapter 3
Parents and Tutors: Positive Contributions and Problematic Involvement 67
Positive Contributions 71
Problematic Involvement 80
Chapter 4
Teachers and Tutors 95
How Tutors Can Reach Out to Teachers 95
How Tutors Should Relate to Teachers 99
The Importance of Selective Contact 107
Chapter 5
The Challenges of Learning Disabilities 117
What Does Learning Disabled Mean? 118
The Role of Tutoring for Learning Disabled Students 120
The Challenges of Learning Disabilities for Parents 131
Chapter 6
The Challenges of Psychological Difficulties 139
A First Impression 140
Help for Students with Psychological Difficulties 143
Variations on Help for Students with Psychological Difficulties 149
Chapter 7
Finding the Right Tutor 159
How Parents Find Tutors 160
Resources for Finding the Right Tutor 162
The Question of Expense 168
A Brief Survey of Fees 171
Further Resources for Parents 175
About the Author 179
Index 181
