Tutoring and specialized education therapies
are often confused since these have common aspect. Educational therapy is
totally different from schooling and general tutoring. It involves and
considers the surroundings, school, family, and community and their impact on
the concerned child’s learning. It fosters the whole communication process
and works on the socio-emotional aspect as well as academics.
A tutor generally focuses on specific
subject matter, but an educational therapist’s focus is extensive. His/her
goal is to improve grades of a child by using traditional teaching
methods to reach academic goals.
But an educational therapist’s goal is
broader and more intensive.
An educational therapist collaborates
with all the significant people concerned with the student’s learning, and focuses
on building self-awareness and underlying learning skills. This helps a child to
become more self-sufficient, competent learners.
An educational therapist provides individualized intensive intervention, conducts formal
and informal assessment of academic skills, and utilizes alternative teaching
strategies
An educational therapist has extensive
training in learning disabilities and other forms of learning difficulties, since
the job includes dealing with wide range of learning disabilities and learning
issues.
An educational therapist is a specialist
in the field of psychology of learning disorders, assessment, and intervention
strategies that address the social and emotional aspects that impact learning.
Tutoring and educational therapy are
not same. But a child often needs help both from the tutors and therapists to
attain overall goals. Tutors and educational therapists work hand in hand to
develop a bright, steady future of a child.
