Frequently Asked Questions
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General Tutoring Questions
If your child is struggling with academic skills such as reading, writing, or math, they may benefit from working with a tutor. Tutoring can also help them if they struggle with their executive functioning skills, including planning, time management, organization, and task initiation. Specialized multi-sensory one-on-one tutoring helps students who have ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and other learning challenges strengthen their academic skills.
We offer individualized one-on-one tutoring to students in grades prek-12 in reading, spelling, writing, math, organizational skills, study skills, and executive functioning. We use research-based, multi-sensory techniques, including Orton Gillingham tutoring and executive functioning coaching, to help students develop their core academic and executive functioning skills.
We provide tutoring to students in grades prek-12. We also work with college-level students and adults who need academic skills development. Our one-on-one tutoring sessions are individualized to the needs and levels of each student.
The recommended frequency of tutoring sessions varies based on the needs of each student. Some students benefit from multiple sessions per week, while others may need less frequent sessions. Once we have done an evaluation of the student, we typically come up with a suggested frequency of tutoring sessions based on their individual needs.
Yes! At Knowledge Plus Tutoring, we offer in-home tutoring in Boca Raton as well as throughout Palm Beach County, Broward County, and surrounding areas.
While each student progresses at a different rate, most students show improvement within the first few months of consistent tutoring. Using evidence-based, multi-sensory techniques that are individualized to the needs of each student helps lead to rapid improvement.
Yes, absolutely! We specialize in working with students who have IEPs or 504 plans, including students with learning disabilities, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, autism, and other diagnoses. Our tutoring sessions utilize research-based techniques that are designed to help students who have specialized learning needs.
Your child does not need to have an outside evaluation done prior to starting with Knowledge Plus Tutoring. For our tutoring program, we typically begin with an initial assessment to gauge your child’s strengths and weaknesses and the types of research-based methods that would be best for them. We then match them with a highly qualified tutor who specializes in the skills they need help with, and an individualized tutoring plan is put together.
Yes! At Knowledge Plus Tutoring, we specialize in executive functioning coaching, where we help students build stronger study and organizational skills. These skills can be critical for success in school!
To get started with tutoring, contact us through our website contact form at www.knowledgeplustutoring.com or call us at 561-448-7768 so we can learn more about your child and how we can help them with our one-on-one tutoring programs.
Reading
and Dyslexia Tutoring
Yes, absolutely. At Knowledge Plus Tutoring, we specialize in helping students who struggle with reading. We use research-based, multi-sensory techniques, including the Orton Gillingham method, to help struggling readers build this critical skill. Reading can affect all aspects of school, so building this skill is imperative for school success.
Your child may have dyslexia if you notice them struggling with skills such as:
- learning the names of the letters and their corresponding sounds
- blending sounds together to form words
- spelling words
- reading fluently
- comprehending material they read
- writing sentences and paragraphs
Seeking individualized reading tutoring for your child who is demonstrating these challenges can help them tremendously.
The Orton Gillingham approach to reading instruction is a research-based, multi-sensory, structured technique that helps students develop their decoding and spelling skills. With Orton Gillingham tutoring, students strengthen their phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, reading fluency, and comprehension skills, amongst other related skills. The Orton Gillingham approach is particularly helpful for students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities, but all students who are struggling with reading can benefit from Orton Gillingham tutoring.
Yes! At Knowledge Plus Tutoring, we offer in-home Orton Gillingham tutoring in Boca Raton as well as throughout Palm Beach County, Broward, County, and surrounding areas. We also offer virtual Orton Gillingham tutoring.
Yes! We do a great deal of reading comprehension tutoring at Knowledge Plus Tutoring. When helping students build this skill, we use evidence-based, multi-sensory reading comprehension techniques that are individualized to the needs of each student. We work on skills such as identifying the topic, main idea, and important details; writing summaries; creating predictions; drawing conclusions; and other related reading comprehension skills.
Yes, tutoring can absolutely help students improve their writing skills. Writing Is a critical skill for academic success and a skill that becomes increasingly important as students progress through school. When working with students on their writing, we help them learn how to write effective sentences, simple paragraphs, extended paragraphs, five paragraph essays, and research papers. We can also integrate school writing assignments.
ADHD
and Executive Functioning
Yes! We specialize in providing tutoring to students with ADHD. At Knowledge Plus Tutoring, we help students with ADHD develop their executive functioning skills, including organization, planning time management, task initiation, and homeworking management.
During our executive functioning coaching sessions, we help students build the following skills:
- Time management
- Task initiation
- Breaking down long-term assignments
- Managing their schedule
- Staying focused for longer stretches of time
- Improving their note taking skills
- Setting up organizational systems
- Learning test taking strategies
Yes! During our ADHD tutoring sessions, we help students improve their ability to stay focused for longer stretches of time. We use multi-sensory learning tools and step-by-step techniques to help students improve their focus and motivation.
Yes! As students with ADHD build their executive functioning skills through our executive functioning coaching sessions, they often become more motivated and on top of completing their homework in an organized, efficient manner.
Tutoring
in Boca Raton
When you are looking for a tutor in Boca Raton, try to find a tutoring program that offers individualized one-on-one instruction, provides evaluations before tutoring begins, has experienced tutors, and uses evidence-based teaching techniques. If your child has ADHD, dyslexia, autism, or another learning disability, look for a tutor in Boca Raton that specializes in working with neurodiverse students.
Yes! Knowledge Plus Tutoring offers in-home tutoring in Boca Raton. We also offer in-home tutoring throughout Palm Beach County, Broward County, and surrounding areas.
We provide tutoring to students in Boca Raton as well as surrounding areas, including West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Pompano Beach, Weston, Fort Lauderdale, and other areas of Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
Yes! We offer online tutoring to students throughout the United States as well as in other countries.
We can provide tutoring in Boca Raton at schools and libraries in addition to in-home and online tutoring sessions.
Yes, absolutely. Individualized one-on-one tutoring in Boca Raton can help your child build their core academic skills, including reading, writing, and math. Tutoring can also help them improve their study skills and self-confidence, which can help them succeed in school.
The frequency a student receives tutoring in Boca Raton varies based on their individual needs. After we have done an initial evaluation of your child, we would be happy to come up with a recommended frequency of tutoring sessions for them.
To get started with tutoring in Boca Raton, contact us through our website contact form at www.knowledgeplustutoring.com or call us at 561-448-7768. We’d love to learn more about your child’s individual needs and how we can help them.
Yes! We specialize in helping neurodiverse students develop their core academic and executive functioning skills. We provide tutoring to students in Boca Raton who have ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, autism, learning disabilities, and other academic challenges using research-based, multi-sensory techniques. We also offer executive functioning coaching in Boca Raton and Orton Gillingham tutoring in Boca Raton.
Step Up Funding
Step Up for Students is a scholarship program in Florida that helps families pay for educational programs and services for their child. They can use these funds for tutoring, homeschooling, specialized academic remediation, and other related supports and services.
Yes! Step Up funding can be used to pay for tutoring services. Knowledge Plus Tutoring accepts Step Up funding for our tutoring and homeschooling programs, including our dyslexia tutoring and executive functioning coaching programs. Your child may be able to receive tutoring at no out-of-pocket cost you.
Yes! Step Up funding can be used for reading remediation and dyslexia tutoring. These are areas we specialize in! We accept Step Up funding for one-on-one tutoring in reading, spelling, writing, math, and executive functioning skills.
Yes! Step Up funding can be used for ADHD tutoring. We accept Step Up funds for executive functioning coaching and academic tutoring services designed for students with ADHD and executive functioning challenges.
Yes! Step Up funding can be used for homeschooling. We accept Step Up funds for homeschooling your child and we create an individualized homeschool instructional plan for each student. We also accept Step Up funds for homeschooling students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, and other special education needs using evidence-based methods tailored to the needs of each student.
Parents can use their scholarship funds through the Step Up website to pay for services such as academic tutoring and homeschooling. We are happy to help you navigate this process.
Yes! Step Up scholarships can absolutely help children who struggle with reading or have learning disabilities. With Step Up funds, your child with dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning disabilities may receive free specialized one-on-one tutoring through Knowledge Plus Tutoring.