A perfect example…

I was in 5th grade and began to realize within myself the importance of learning “well”. But learning well as a kid with a hearing loss meant not only working harder, but being smarter with coming up with strategies to make learning easier for me. All the other 71 kids had normal hearing, but for me my own hearing loss was my normal.   As a 5th grader, I began to realize that more and more. As the problem solver, I wanted to add to my arsenal of strategies. I already would bother teachers and kids after class for clarification on questions or notes. I was told to sit up front to hear the teacher and was given extra help. This was because of my slow reading and speech, a direct correlation to my impairment. I wanted to get better so one day in class, I noticed that I could see and hear the teacher but not the kids. So I asked to be put in the back of the class to see what would happen. I could see everyone but could hear the kids questions only in front of me and the teacher speaking was a challenge to hear. Then I asked to be seated in the middle of the room. It worked! I could not only hear the teacher but all the kids around me as well. This is a perfect example of an individual strategy working for learning “well”. 

Kids with disabilities need strategies that work for them, whatever that might be. The standard strategy usually doesn’t work. A custom strategy for an autistic child works for him but may not for a visually impaired child.  

That’s what missing link tutoring is about. Finding that “missing link” strategy that maximizes his or her learning. Goal setting, problem solving, individual learning techniques and confidence building is what makes Missing Link Tutoring successful!