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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t...
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The Difference between a Tutor, Learning Specialist and an Educational Therapist: Choosing Your Best Option



Finding the best professional help for students with learning disabilitiesIs your child struggling in school? Are you considering outside help, but you just don’t know where to start? Finding the right individual to work with your child is often a difficult task. What’s more, it’s challenging to determine the type of professional that is required. To help you with the process, here is a breakdown of the responsibilities and expertise you should expect from these three professions.

Tutor:A tutor is a private instructor that has an expertise in a specific school subject. They teach or re-teach classroom concepts, and they may or may not have formal experience or training in education. Many offer assistance with homework, and some can offer advice with time management or study skills.

Learning Specialist:
A learning specialist is a private instructor for students, parents, and teachers. They focus on metacognitive as well as compensatory learning strategies. Many also offer instruction, training and remediation in specific academic areas such as reading, writing or math. A learning specialist should have advanced training and degrees in education and significant coursework, if not degrees in special education, psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, and neuropsychology. Specific understanding of learning disorders, psycho-educational evaluations, and intervention strategies is paramount. An expertise in multisensory learning, alternative learning and teaching strategies, self advocacy techniques, and schooling accommodations is a must too. In addition, they should be versed in assistive technology, software tools, educational websites and apps.

Educational Therapist
An educational therapist is a private instructor for students and other individuals that wish to improve their mental functioning. They too offer metacognitive and compensatory learning strategies but also include cognitive remedial training. This involves strengthening specific areas of cognition that are weak, such as auditory discrimination or visual memory. Moreover, the educational therapist should be versed in strategies that address social and emotional aspects that impact learning. Many also have an expertise in working with students who struggle with executive functioning as well as attentional difficulties. Like the learning specialist, educational therapists have degrees in education and significant coursework, if not a degree, in special education, psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, and neuropsychology. Specific training in learning disorders, psycho-educational evaluations, and interventions strategies is vital.

What's most important is that you speak with each professional to learn more about their approach and educational training. If you have any questions, I would love to here your thoughts!

If you are a learning specialist, educational therapist, or tutor and you would like to join my Learning Specialist VIP list where you can get freebies, announcements and advice CLICK HERE.  If you would like to learn more about the courses that are currently available CLICK HERE.
If you are interested in purchasing learning specialist / educational therapist materials, go to: www.goodsensorylearning.com

Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren
Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses.

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  1. Tutor Mentor ConnectionsMarch 19, 2013 at 1:35 PM

    I created an illustrated essay several years ago to try to show the difference between volunteer tutor, mentor, paid professional tutor, teacher and parent and how the intensity of these different forms of support grow the greater the degree of economic poverty where the student lives - http://tinyurl.com/TMI-Defining-Terms

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