Last updated: May 2026 Learning difficulties encompass a range of challenges that affect how a child processes, retains, or expresses information, like dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, ASD, ADHD, or other neurodiverse traits, as well as undiagnosed struggles that impact academic performance. Every child learns at their own pace, with unique strengths and challenges that shape their…
Last updated: May 2026 Specialised tutoring from a learning support tutor is tailored to meet the unique needs of children who face learning difficulties such as dyslexia, ADHD, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and processing disorders. As a parent, you want to ensure your child has every opportunity to succeed, especially when it comes to their education. For…
Last updated: May 2026 A learning difficulty tutor can be instrumental in offering tailored assistance and guidance to school children, but you want to make sure you find the right one. As parents, we strive to provide our children with the best opportunities for success, particularly when it comes to their education. For children grappling…
Author Justin Clark, Learning Difficulties Tutor in Brisbane. It’s well known that we experience and learn about the world around us through our senses. We use them to gather and respond almost instantly to information about our environment. Each of our senses collects different inputs, which are interpreted in combination by the brain. The brain is…
by Brisbane Learning Difficulties Tutor Justin Clark As is the case with how we understand most things these days, it is believed that people fall somewhere on the spectrum of preference for each of these styles. As an educator, to have the best chances of success with a student, it is important to not only…
by Brisbane Learning Difficulties Tutor Justin Clark Learning difficulties present in a multitude of different ways and vary wildly from child to child. There are a plethora of different signs that a child with learning difficulties can display, which change with factors such as age, gender, personality type and, naturally, the type of learning difficulty.…
How Common Is Homeschooling in Australia? Homeschooling can be done by parents or by homeschooling tutors. Homeschooling in Australia is growing, there are currently around 20,000 homeschooled students in Australia and the numbers are increasing all the time. Even more telling is the estimation of about another ten thousand students that are homescholed and not…
Learning to Spell Phonics refers to the relationships between sounds and the patterns of letters used. However, phonics alone is usually not enough for students to decode words. They need a meaningful context to determine how the phonics works. For example, consider the word ‘lead’. We can see the differences in the following sentence: ‘The…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark Stages of the Reading Development Process Readers go through three stages of the reading development process – as they develop word recognition abilities. In the first stage they develop a beginning knowledge of the nature of written language and its relationship to speech. They learn how print functions, the letters…
by Brisbane Tutor Justin Clark who specialising in helping kids with learning difficulties Learning Difficulties and Reading Fluency Students with reading difficulties have an inability to read fluently as compared to their more skilled peers. They are unable to read passages smoothly with appropriate expression. They can also experience problems when it comes to comprehending…