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(sorry this is being posted late)

I think I would like to learn more about tutoring students with learning disabilities or handicaps. Since I plan on teaching young children, tutoring children with those qualities is especially interesting. However, tutoring peer to peer with a student who also has these qualities makes for an equally edifying experience. Also in tutoring these students, which tutoring approach would be most beneficial?

If I could invent a project and money was not an issue, I would establish a center that offered different approaches to tutoring.Using highly trained tutors, I would give students the option to choose whether they would like to receive minimalist tutoring or collaborative tutoring. The facility would also offer different tutoring environments, like one-on-one tutoring cublicles, or open rooms with tables where multiple sessions are taking place at the same time. Using a survey at the end of tutoring sessions, we would be able to see what the students think. I think it would be interesting to see which approach becomes more favored and what the students learn when they leave the center.