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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 508899" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>A large nation chain came into my dad's school for several years before he retired. They were super careful with which kids they picked, and often they pushed parents to pay fo a LOT more out of school stuff "help". The long term results were NOT better than with any other tutor unless the child had an Learning Disability (LD) that was undx'd. Those students were the "star pupils" that were dragged to show how great the program was - but they were ALL easy child's with LDs. difficult children were totally overlooked for ALL services through the school (NOT the contract, but no one enforced it) and their parents were told that if they loved their kids they would send them to this chain's programs that were super expensive.</p><p></p><p>I have known people I went to college with who worked for a national chain and who worked with them in college. I have freinds who took their kids to the chan place and friends who used other resources. Invariably the ones who went to the national chain were not helped as much as those who worked with other resources and tutors. Mostly because the chain place uses a formula - if you have this problem, this is the solution. Period. If that solution doesn't work? You did it wrong, try again but listen to me this time. Those who worked there were NOT impressed by what they saw and were supposed to do. </p><p></p><p>I do NOT think these are all bad. They work wonders for SOME kids, but since it is a chain, there is a lot of tab a into slot a, and more rigidity to the solutions. I just don't know if they would work for a difficult child.</p><p></p><p>Is there a university near you or even a junior college? You might be able to find a tutor through them. Our local 4yr univ has a reading and math center that does a LOT of tutoring with kids and uses many different approaches to figure out what works for a child. That isn't what I have seen/heard of with the chain places. </p><p></p><p>You should also call the school and ask if they know anyone who tutors, esp ask the teachers who;s classes he s having problems in. You can also ask if anyone at the high school is willing/able to tutor in a certain subject. The dept heads at the HS should be able to help.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if difficult child has hit puberty, but we found that for WIz a female tutor who was cute gave him great incentve to go to tutoring, lol. But it is a thought. </p><p></p><p>There are some incredible computer games/programs that might make a big difference to difficult child. You may have to bribe him to try them, but many are fun. </p><p></p><p>What subjects is he having problems in? How can you make them FUN?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 508899, member: 1233"] A large nation chain came into my dad's school for several years before he retired. They were super careful with which kids they picked, and often they pushed parents to pay fo a LOT more out of school stuff "help". The long term results were NOT better than with any other tutor unless the child had an Learning Disability (LD) that was undx'd. Those students were the "star pupils" that were dragged to show how great the program was - but they were ALL easy child's with LDs. difficult children were totally overlooked for ALL services through the school (NOT the contract, but no one enforced it) and their parents were told that if they loved their kids they would send them to this chain's programs that were super expensive. I have known people I went to college with who worked for a national chain and who worked with them in college. I have freinds who took their kids to the chan place and friends who used other resources. Invariably the ones who went to the national chain were not helped as much as those who worked with other resources and tutors. Mostly because the chain place uses a formula - if you have this problem, this is the solution. Period. If that solution doesn't work? You did it wrong, try again but listen to me this time. Those who worked there were NOT impressed by what they saw and were supposed to do. I do NOT think these are all bad. They work wonders for SOME kids, but since it is a chain, there is a lot of tab a into slot a, and more rigidity to the solutions. I just don't know if they would work for a difficult child. Is there a university near you or even a junior college? You might be able to find a tutor through them. Our local 4yr univ has a reading and math center that does a LOT of tutoring with kids and uses many different approaches to figure out what works for a child. That isn't what I have seen/heard of with the chain places. You should also call the school and ask if they know anyone who tutors, esp ask the teachers who;s classes he s having problems in. You can also ask if anyone at the high school is willing/able to tutor in a certain subject. The dept heads at the HS should be able to help. I don't know if difficult child has hit puberty, but we found that for WIz a female tutor who was cute gave him great incentve to go to tutoring, lol. But it is a thought. There are some incredible computer games/programs that might make a big difference to difficult child. You may have to bribe him to try them, but many are fun. What subjects is he having problems in? How can you make them FUN? [/QUOTE]
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