Learning Support Tutors

What is Learning Support?

Learning support is a broad term encapsulating what we at BartyED know and love: supporting students towards ever greater self-realization and achievement. However, no two children’s minds are alike. When parents reach out to our expert tutors for learning support, it is usually to address issues flagged at school.

These can range anywhere from trouble reading and writing (known as dyslexia and dysgraphia respectively), to trouble paying attention (ADHD). Further, our learning support tutors support everything in between, from borderline autism to slow processing, behaviour issues, and giftedness (extraordinary intelligence). 

Private Learning Support at BartyED

BartyED pioneered the idea of addressing the need for learning support specialists in Hong Kong. Headed by our Director of Studies, Hannah Searson, BartyED’s tutoring programmes address the demand for high-quality learning support, with a special focus on students in international schools.

Our educational philosophy centers on the empathetic relationships we build with students. As mentors, we stay up to date with the most effective methods of communication, mentoring, and teaching. More importantly, the tutor’s relationship with the student is all-important to us. Once our learning support tutors frame themselves as on the same side of the child, the important work of addressing academic needs can take place.

The Truth about Learning Differences

Our learning support tutors know the truth about learning differences: they constitute an above-average difficulty performing a particular kind of task. This demands an above-average amount of effort on the student’s part, besides guidance from the school environment. With the right organisational techniques and expert instruction, students with diagnosed learning differences can be supported towards meeting their targets.

They benefit immensely from our learning support tutors’ management strategies, allowing learning differences in future professional life to be a matter of an unusual quirk (e.g. Dan sometimes makes writing mistakes) as opposed to a debilitating deficiency (e.g. Dan never got a job). 

Learning differences are a taboo subject for some, but they are not going away. Whether we are getting better at diagnosing learning differences, or if there’s something else going on, there has never been greater demand for learning support. It is one thing that binds people of all backgrounds, as is the capacity that education has for setting people free.

The confidence our learning support tutors have instilled in their students, as well as the results they have achieved, can best be equated to a form of redemption, a true ‘bringing out’ of the best in a student which is at the etymological root of education. At BartyED, performance in school is important, and getting kids to understand why their education matters is even more important. 

If you want to learn more about our learning support programmes, feel free to reach out to us via email or by phone at 2882 1017.