This manual contains specific guidelines for setting up a viable tutorial program, for training the tutors, and for enlisting volunteers in such a program. Part one describes the specific, technical problems that will be faced by those who set up and direct the program. Part two discusses the training of tutors. Part three contains samples of the…

This manual for tutors deals with the specific techniques needed for teaching children, adolescents, and adults to read. It describes the problems of the student who comes for remedial instruction, discusses the nature of the relationship between the tutor and the student, outlines in simple terms the skills that are involved in the act of…

The use of paraprofessionals as tutors for retarded readers has proved successful in reducing the number of school failures. Described here is a program that uses paraprofessionals drawn from the school's neighborhood in order to involve the community in solving some of its problems. This program is a psycho-educational service in a hospital…