Receive coaching, tutoring, testing and more
Academic coaching*
Certified academic coaches provide learning strategies that reduce symptoms related to students’ deficits in executive functioning.
Assistive technology
Computer software programs (Dragon, Inspiration, Kurzwell, NaturallySpeaking, Kurzweil, Read&Write Gold, etc.) help students increase reading and writing competency.
Institute fellows
Teach select Dialogues, which ensure the incorporation of a variety of different teaching and learning strategies.
The Harold and Mary Perper Testing Center
Provides students with the option to take extended-time exams in an alternative testing environment. Reader, scribe and computer access is available for assistance recording answers to test responses. Students must make prior arrangements with their professors to use the facility and while taking their exams, they must follow the center’s established rules and procedures.
The Harold, Nathan and Dorothy Wayser Tutoring Center*
Master’s and doctoral-level professionals offer a variety of tutoring options in a one-on-one setting.
- Content tutoring: subject-specific to aid in the student’s comprehension of material presented in class
- Group tutoring: two or more students working on the same project
- Process tutoring: focuses on the elements or concepts required for successful writing, speaking and organizing
The Donna and Jeffrey Eskind Family Writing Center
A staff of writing experts offer guidance while students work on essays.
Diagnostic Center for Educational Assessment*
The center helps determine educational setting and testing accommodation needs through offering psychoeducational, neuropsychological and gifted evaluations.
*Services are available to all students (fees may apply).
