Ask whether special education offices in local school districts can provide training for tutors on the best ways to work with children who may have disabilities that have not yet been identified. Contact the local Directors of Special Education if you suspect that a child appears to have an unidentified learning disability. If a child needs to be formally referred to special education, this referral should be made by certified school district personnel. The roots of literacy begin in the play of young children, long before children start formal reading instruction. Because babies begin learning at birth, it is never too early to begin reading to young children.
Older children can serve as reading partners for younger children.