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CRLA certified tutoring program

The CAD's tutoring program is certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), an international professional organization concerned with learning assistance for post-secondary students. Our tutors are highly trained and have met strict evaluation standards in the areas of instruction, communication, and subject material.

 
TUTORING Individual subjects  
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> APA Style
> MLA Style
> Study Skills
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  Writing assistance

 

 

By individual appointment or scheduled classroom presentation

  • Writing consultation
  • Grammar review
  • Effective proofreading and revising techniques

 

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  Writing from research  
 
  • Organizing a research paper or literature review
  • Citing and documenting sources in APA or MLA style

 

 

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  Study skills and test preparation  
 
  • Learning assistance (workshops in collaboration with the Department of Adult Continuing and Literacy Education (ACLE)
  • Writing assistance
  • Math assistance
  • Reading and study skills
  • Critical thinking strategies
  • Critical reading strategies
  • Time management strategies
  • English Competency Test (ECT) tutoring
  • Assistance in completing In-Progress (IP) grades
  • Foundations of mathematics workshop
  • Math review workshops for specific courses

 

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  Accommodations for special needs

 

 
  • Accommodations for students with documented special needs
  • Provided in collaboration with the Office of Diversity, Access and Equity (DAE).
    • Untimed testing
    • Note takers
    • Tape recorders
    • Readers
    • Computer assistance
    • Additional tutoring time

To contact the DAE office, please call 800-443-5522, ext. 5491.

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