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What is special education tutoring?
Special education tutors help students with mild to severe cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities. Special needs tutors modify the general education curriculum to meet the child's individual needs and involve themselves in each student's social and behavioral development.
What is disability in special education?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) identifies 13 disability categories where special education should be provided.
Auditory Impairment (AI) – refers to a hearing loss not categorized by deafness.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – mainly affects a child's social and communication skills and behavior.
Deafness – covers kids who can't hear most or all sounds, even with a hearing aid.
Deaf-Blindness (DB) – covers kids with both severe hearing and vision loss that requires unique programs.
Emotional Disturbance (ED) – various mental health issues such as anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression.
Intellectual Disability (ID) – covers disabilities such as below-average intellectual abilities, poor communication or social skills, and poor self care. One example is down syndrome.
Multiple Impairments (MI) – a child with multiple disabilities in this list.
Orthopedic Impairment (OI) – covers impairments in kids who lack function or ability in their bodies, such as cerebral palsy.
Other Health Impairment (OHI) – conditions that limit a child's strength, energy, or alertness such as ADHD.
Specific learning disability (SLD) – conditions such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, auditory processing disorder, or nonverbal learning disability.
Speech or Language Impairment (SI) – covers difficulties such as stuttering, pronouncing words, making sounds with the voice, or understanding words.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – injury to the brain caused by a physical force.
Visual Impairment / Blindness (VI) – covers both partial sight and blindness.
Reviews for Sandy Springs special education tutors
Recent success stories from people in the Sandy Springs area.
Melissa N.
Amelia is the most caring, patient tutor we have ever worked with and Hudson truly looked forward to her visits. She connected well with the entire family and you could tell that she emphatically wants the best for her students and would do anything to help them get there. Not only did she prepare him for his standardized test, but she worked with him on interview techniques, and even held our hands when needed while navigating the entire application process. We were so lucky to have found her and plan to use her for any future tutoring needs.
Amelia A. Blaska
Jenifer S.
Julie is very professional and friendly. Each time I've had correspondence with her she has been very helpful. Our tutor, Shenita, is wonderful! She is helping my daughter pass math and we just love her. She's funny, smart, professional, sweet and super helpful. Both she and Julie have wonderful communication with me, keeping me up to date on schedule changes, payment time, etc. I highly recommend Ivy League Tutoring to anyone who is searching for a GOOD tutor! I'm very happy we found them!
Ivy League Tutoring
Yolande A.
Our math tutor Denise, who is also a teacher, is just amazing. She first assessed my daughter to find out what areas in 6th grade math she needed help in. She also had me get the curriculum from her math teacher for the rest of the school year to coordinate with her tutoring sessions. We have seen improvement in my daughter's scores and highly recommended Denise for Math tutoring.
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Susan T.
Lauren (our Hammond Bell tutor) is an energetic, passionate, caring and positive tutor that has become a saving grace for our 10-year-old daughter who has dyslexia and executive function issues. Her approach involves really getting to know each child then molding the programs to their unique personalities/needs. For my daughter, Hammond Bell has brought the fun back into learning and built my daughter's confidence. And she also has worked with my daughter's school so that we can do the tutoring at school, leaving her after-school hours available for rest and play. My daughter LOVES working with Lauren--even on Zoom, something she never enjoyed before. Each week, I get a very detailed description of what Noel has done and is learning. I can tell that Lauren really spends time on these updates and she always makes herself available to me to answer any questions. My daughter has been consistently 2 years or so behind academically, but with Lauren, I really feel that shifting. We had tried many programs before Hammond Bell's, but they all required heavy parent involvement (something that did not work for our family) and homework. I would recommend Hammond Bell highly to any parent who is frustrated by not seeing results and being told they need to do more at home to reinforce learning. Lauren is a real gift to our entire family.
Hammond Bell Educational Services
Amber J.
I liked how she was straight forward and to the point
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