- Introduction
- Learning Disabilities
- Mild Disabilities
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Life Skills Class
- Emotional Disorders
- Autism
- For Teachers/Evaluation
A Training Guide for Beginning High School Peer Tutors
Designed by J. Shelley Clouser
Congratulations on becoming a peer tutor!
Are you ready to become the best peer tutor you can be? Working with special needs students will likely be one of the most rewarding experiences of your high school career. A lot that you will learn about working with special needs students you will learn from your actual work experiences with the students in the classroom.
This web site is designed to provide you with basic knowledge about the different groups of special education students you will be working with in the classroom before you begin. Suggestions for assisting students with learning disabilities, mild mental disabilities, attention deficit disorders, emotional disorders, autism, and students in the Life Skills classroom will also be provided.
After learning about the six different special needs groups and ways that you can help the students in these groups, you will be evaluated on what you have learned. You will:
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Choose one of the special needs groups that you found most interesting and write a 2-4 page summary of what you have learned. The information from your report will be used to place you as a tutor with a student or students in your area of interest.
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Take the Peer Tutor Assessment to test your general knowledge of special education and the basics of Peer Tutoring.
Now, go forward and learn all that you can learn about the students you will work with as a peer tutor.