Become a tutor

Support the individual child not what you learned on a course

Dawn Strachan

Published on: 30/09/2026

I don't think being SEND-informed means having a list of strategies for each diagnosis and knowing which box to open. For me, it means having the knowledge to recognise possibilities and the curiosity to understand the child in front of us

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Practical suggestions for tutoring a neurodiverse child

Clara James Tutoring

Published on: 11/11/2024

Thee aim of this post is to give you some practical suggestions to help support children who are neurodiverse. However, you always need to prioritise the child as an individual rather than as a label

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Practical suggestions for tutoring a child who is autistic

Dawn Strachan

Published on: 14/10/2024

This brief post has a summary of ideas to support you when getting started with working with a child who is ASD. Remember though, the child is not defined by their label

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Tutoring children who are Autistic

Dawn Strachan

Published on: 14/10/2024

People are slowly becoming far more aware that we all learn differently. When we are tutoring we will need to acknowledge that children have many different learning styles and neuro-diversities. This post aims to briefly introduce you to autism

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