Charlotte explains her holistic approach to tutoring
My tailored, highly focused, one-to-one approach to tutoring allows for a rapid insight into a child’s educational difficulties, and also encourages the development of trust between me as a tutor and my tutees as learners.
Working in my home setting allows my tutees to feel secure. For example, readers who struggle are always encouraged to tell a story to the fish or to read to the dogs, who are safe with children. Those who have energy to burn might use the trampoline or kick a ball about before coming back to their task again. Those tutees who are simply shy or inhibited can work with puppets or rehearse a play. Those with fine motor-skill challenges might use clay or plasticine for model-making during sessions. The context in which I teach my tutees thus allows for plenty of stimulation and a safe space in which to express themselves.
There are common threads in many of the learning disabilities that are commonly diagnosed today. What is often overlooked is that the presence of a specific label or diagnostic category may not always be to the child’s advantage. With my approach to tuition, hurdles and stumbling blocks are marginalised and the inner child is allowed to flourish.
It is beneficial for children who struggle for me to work with them to find a range of skills and competencies that can then be taken out into the world and polished in a social context. I always try to prepare my tutees so that they can be re-immersed in a standard educational context, with a secure understanding of what is expected of them and how they can best meet those expectations.
I am well used to wavering attention spans and disruptions in concentration due to many factors, but in most cases I can overcome these distractions with a careful approach, attention to the learner and my respect for young people.
I look forward to hearing about your child and what their specific challenges might be and exploring together how one-to-one tuition might support them.
Charlotte
Holistic Tutoring 