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In Response: How to Tutor Students Diagnosed with ADHD

April 4, 2014 admin Leave a Comment

How to Effectively Tutor, Mentor, and Coach Students Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

I am routinely asked for advice, predominantly from other tutors, about how to improve their effectiveness.

The most common questions have to do with how to reach, and effectively tutor, students diagnosed with ADHD. As a matter of fact, I have had calls from as far away as California and British Columbia. My hat goes off to the young men and women who are seeking out any information that will give them an edge and provide insight into how to help their students.

This video is a bit long…and I didn’t work from a script. That being said, I believe it will help. As a matter of fact, if this video helps just one tutor help one student, then I believe it will have been worth the time…for all concerned.

Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to hone your craft. I hope the information in this video will help both you and your student.

To that end, I wish you all the best! Please let me know what you think! I will try to respond to any questions in a timely manner.

Professor John P. J. “Jack” Zajaros, Sr.
Westside Tutoring & Testing Services
Serving the Students of Northeast Ohio Since 1980!
216-712-7004 (office)

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ADHD Moments: Slow but Sure Wins the Race – Win Over Your ADHD Student

July 23, 2013 admin 1 Comment

ADHD Moments: Slow but Sure Wins the Race – Win Over Your ADHD Student

We all know “Slow but sure wins the race” between the tortoise and the hare!

Tutoring ADHD Students and The Tortoise and the Hare

Did you know “Slow but sure” will also win over your ADHD student?

Winning the Race: ADHD, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Tutoring Success

The greatest challenge when working with ADHD students is getting them to slow down and focus!

It takes time, practice, and determination!

It also takes practice to know when to slow down and when it is okay to let it rip!

ADHD Students Can Let it Rip

Our kids – and they’re all our kids! – really do want to excel, they want to “fit in,” and, perhaps most important of all, they want to please us (i.e., parents, teachers, tutors, mentors, coaches, etc)!

Make it possible for your ADHD student to excel and , at the same time, please their parents, teachers, and others and you will have a student willing to follow you anywhere…and your every instruction along the way!

Success and a feeling of accomplishment, a yearning to feel “normal” and “in-charge” of their lives, perhaps for the first time in their young lives, is all most kids want!

Make it happen for them…or, better yet, help them make it possible for themselves…and you and your students are on their way!

Learning is a Lifelong Journey…Don’t Make it a Life Sentence!

ADHD and Learning as a Life's Journey Not A Life Sentence

Westside Tutoring & Testing Services
Serving Northern Ohio for More than 30 Years!

Call anytime!

Professor John P. J. “Jack” Zajaros, Sr.
Westside Tutoring & Testing Services
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
440-821-7018
theprofessor@westside-tutoring.com

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Rock Your Entrance Exam: Begin Your ACT and/or SAT Prep Today!

June 22, 2013 admin 1 Comment

Rock Your Entrance Exam: Begin Your ACT and/or SAT Prep Today!

Test Anxiety? Well, Our ACT and SAT Prep Students Rock the House!

Westside Tutoring & Testing Services' Students Conquer Test Anxiety

Rid Yourself of Test Anxiety Once and for All!

Call 216-712-7004 Today!

Whether this is your first time taking the ACT or SAT (many of our students do, in fact, take both more than once), or your second, third, fourth, or seventh* time through…the Westside Tutoring and Testing Services ACT/SAT Prep Course will help you attain your ultimate Goal Score!

Guaranteed!**

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services offers:

  • 2 and 4 Week Intensive ACT Prep Course (4 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 1 practice test)
  • 2 and 4 Week Intensive SAT Prep Course (4 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 1 practice test)
  • 6 and 8 Week Intensive ACT Prep Course (4 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 2 practice test)
  • 6 and 8 Week Intensive SAT Prep Course (4 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 2 practice test)
  • 12 and 16 Week Intensive ACT Prep Course (3 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 4 practice tests)
  • 12 and 16 Week Intensive SAT Prep Course (3 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 4 practice tests)
  • WTTS’ Fully-customized ACT/SAT Prep Course [3-4 one-on-one, 90 minute sessions weekly and at least 3/3 (6) practice tests]

Similar test prep (entrance, proficiency, and placement) course structures are available for the GRE, LSAT, ASVAB, AP, CLEP, GMAT, etc. 

All Westside Tutoring and Testing Services test prep course and tutoring programs are one-on-one. We do not believe in offering anything less than the very best in individualised, one-on-one instruction. The classroom approach to test prep is, in our view, a complete and utter failure. Sadly, it is what most students are subjected to and it is why we see most of our students after they have taken the ACT, SAT, GRE, or LSAT two, three, four, and five times.

It is fundamentally impossible to reach 30 to 40 students effectively and simultaneously with a prepared (read: canned) script that fails to offer much, if any, wiggle room for questions and interaction.

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services’ ACT and SAT Prep Course students succeed while others fail, relatively speaking, because every WTTS test prep program is designed with our student’s needs in mind. Our primary concern is one student….the student we are working with (i.e., tutoring, coaching, mentoring, teaching, etc.) at that specific moment in time. We do not have to teach to the class average. Or, worse yet, we do not have to teach to the lowest common denominator.

Every WTTS test prep course is fluid, measured and adjusted constantly in order to assist just one individual…the client seated across from the instructor!

Every Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Student is Number 1

Every Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Student is #1!

Additionally, academic tutoring is also offered in only one way: Individualized, one-on-one sessions for no more than 90 minutes (read: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; and, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz). Both are excellent books and should be required reading for every teacher, tutor, coach, mentor, employer, etc. In fact, they should be required reading for anyone interested in peak performance.

When all is said and done, we are interested in little else at Westside Tutoring and Testing Service…given the proper structure and guidance, of course!

Ask us for answers to the following questions when we meet for our first, free, 90 minute consultation and assessment:

  • Why doctoral (Ph.D.) level instruction for all of our students?
  • Why do our all of our students require and receive individualized, one-on-one instruction?
  • Why do all of our students require and receive a program built, and constantly monitored and adjusted just for them…and for no one else?
  • Why are our tutoring sessions never more than 90 minutes in length (with the unfortunate exception being practice exams)?
  • Why do we have to teach our students how to take the ACT and/or SAT?
  • Why is more time spent on test taking strategy, and less on academics (although both receive more than their due)?
  • Why do many of our students remain with us for months and, in some instances, years beyond their initial contact?
  • Why does Westside Tutoring and Testing Services specialize in tutoring, teaching, coaching, and mentoring students challenged by and diagnosed with ADD or ADHD?
  • Why do we also have a program for students labeled specifically as Gifted…and often in Gifted programs on taking Gifted courses?

Please know that WTTS also has a very substantial and thriving  tutoring practice filled with students not fighting through the label labyrinth…at least not yet! Labeling can be difficult and destructive…it is seldom productive; and yet, it is entirely human!

The ADHD Specialists: Westside Tutoring and Testing Services - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

 

Suggested Reading: How to Recognize and Hire a Professional Tutor: 30 Years of Working with ADHD Students

Once again, Westside Tutoring and Testing Services offers a myriad of standardized entrance, proficiency, and placement exam prep courses for students in almost every age bracket and at virtually every academic level.

Here are just a few of the WTTS test prep course examples:

  • High School Sophomores – PSAT
  • High School Juniors and Seniors – SAT, ACT, and OGT
  • High School Juniors and Seniors (primarily) – AP and CLEP
  • High School Graduates – ASVAB
  • Adults – GED
  • Undergraduates and Graduate Students – PRAXIS
  • College/University Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors – GRE, MCAT, GMAT, LSAT
  • Nursing Students (university based, hospital based, and others) – NCLEX-PN or the NCLEX-RN
  • Adults in their thirties and forties (non-traditional students) – Math and/or English proficiency exams prior to returning to school after years away

Over the past 5 years we have assisted well over 150 students, all 1-on-1, prepare for that most important of days!

Incredibly, the above-mentioned list doesn’t begin to touch the absolute number of requests we receive for test prep and academic assistance (i.e., tutoring, mentoring, coaching, etc.) annually from, as previously mentioned, students of all ages and at every level.

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services is very careful to take on only those students (and parents when appropriate – because it is a joint venture) who:

  1. Really need our help – either test prep or academic tutoring (this trumps all else – the latter over the former) – this is #1, always
  2. Are committed to doing (supporting in order to accomplish) whatever may be required in order to achieve the student’s goals
  3. Agree, along with Westside Tutoring and Testing Services, to a specific goal, timeframe, and framework for its accomplishment (completion is program dependent)
  4. Finally, the student’s goal becomes WTTS’ goal and we are well on their way to “Making it so!”

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services - 30 Years of Tutoring, Coaching, Mentoring, and Influencing Students

If, after sorting through this article/blog post/promotional piece, you would like to ask us a few more questions, and perhaps discuss your Goal Score?

Or perhaps, more simply, your goals?

Please give us a call today

440-821-7018

Serving Northeast and North Central Ohio for Over 30 Years!

Professor John P. J. “Jack” Zajaros, Sr.
Westside Tutoring and Testing Services
440-821-7018

 

*We are in awe of this student, an incredibly bright and determined young man who, after taking several of the canned presentation and big name test prep courses (for a lot more money!), and falling just short of his Goal Score 7 times, he came to us. Incredibly, after completing the WTTS 8 Week Intensive Program for the required proficiency examination in his area of concentration (3 sessions weekly, 1-on-1 for 90 minutes), he blew away his previous scores and achieved his Goal Score, and more. This was, without a doubt, one of the highest points in my 30+ years of teaching, tutoring, coaching, and mentoring young people. In a lifetime filled with high points, we were all so happy for him because he went all-in and, in the process, learned so much about himself, what he is capable of, and what he can do with the proper mindset…and the right assistance (i.e., coach, mentor, teacher, tutor, etc.). And he’d also become part of the WTTS family!

**Your success is our success and we won’t stop working until you (your son or daughter) have achieved the desired outcome. The Goal Score is just one measure, of course; and naturally, your son or daughters’ measure, including the Goal Score, will be agreed upon in advance…after the free consultation and assessment is completed. Call today! 440-821-7018

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How to Recognize and Hire a Professional Tutor: 30 Years of Working with ADHD Students

February 25, 2013 admin 1 Comment

How to Recognize and Hire a Professional Tutor: 30 Years of Working with ADHD Students

The Rewards and Lessons Learned Tutoring ADHD Students: ADD vs ADHD

As we have entered a new century, and certainly a new period in history in terms of our development as a people and as a nation, the fast paced world we live has compounded the myriad challenges professional tutors, particularly tutors specializing in tutoring students with attention deficit disorder, better known as ADD, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, better known as ADHD have faced.

ADHD Tutoring Cleveland - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Here’s a definition from Wikipedia.

But first, I will add a qualifier:

While many academics and professionals take issue with the use of the Internet, and in particular Wikipedia, both are tools and only as good as the individual wielding those tools. Yes, the Internet and Wikipedia are fraught with mistakes, misinformation, and, well, pure garbage; and yet, both can be incredibly useful tools in the hands of students, academics, and professionals, alike.

And for all of the critics out there?

Well, they better get used to both because we aren’t going back…nor would most of us want to!

Even if you think you know what ADD and ADHD are, it would be a good idea to check this definition out!

So, here it is, as promised:

  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder[1] characterized by either significant difficulties of inattention or hyperactivity and impulsiveness or a combination of the two. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), symptoms emerge before seven years of age.[2] There are three subtypes of the disorder which consist of it being predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI or ADHD-I), predominantely hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI or ADHD-H), or the two combined (ADHD-C). Oftentimes people refer to ADHD-PI as “attention deficit disorder” (ADD), however, the latter has not been officially accepted since the 1994 revision of the DSM. ADHD impacts school-aged children and results in restlessness, acting impulsively, and lack of focus which impairs their ability to learn properly.
  • It is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children, affecting about 3 to 5 percent of children globally[3][4] and is diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school-aged children.[5] It is a chronic disorder[6] with 30 to 50 percent of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have symptoms into adulthood.[7] Adolescents and adults with ADHD tend to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for some or all of their impairments.[8] It is estimated that 4.7 percent of American adults live with ADHD.[9] ADHD is diagnosed two to four times more frequently in boys than in girls.[10][11] Its symptoms can be difficult to differentiate from other disorders, increasing the likelihood that the diagnosis of ADHD will be missed.[12] In addition, most clinicians have not received formal training in the assessment and treatment of ADHD, in particular in adult patients.[12] Standardized rating scales can be used for ADHD screening and assessment of the disorder’s symptoms’ severity.[13]
  • ADHD management usually involves some combination of medications, behavior therapy, lifestyle changes, and counseling. Only children with severe ADHD symptoms should be considered for medication as a first-line treatment option. Medication therapy can also be considered for those with moderate ADHD symptoms who either refuse psychotherapeutic options or else fail to respond to psychotherapeutic input.[14]:p.317
  • ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s.[15] The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the media. Topics include ADHD’s causes, and the use of stimulant medications in its treatment.[16][17] Most healthcare providers accept ADHD as a genuine disorder with debate in the scientific community centering mainly around how it is diagnosed and treated.[18][19][20] The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, while acknowledging the controversy, states that the current treatments and methods of diagnosis are based on the dominant view of the academic literature.[14]:p.133

Regarding ADD as a Subtype of ADHD:

  • Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is one of the three subtypes of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The term was formally changed in 1994 in the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) to “ADHD predominantly inattentive” (ADHD-PI or ADHD-I), though the term attention deficit disorder is still widely used. ADD is similar to the other subtypes of ADHD in that it is characterized primarily by inattention, easy distractibility, disorganization, procrastination, and forgetfulness; where it differs is in lethargy – fatigue, and having fewer or no symptoms of hyperactivity or impulsiveness typical of the other ADHD subtypes.

The DSM-V seems to be taking an even more definitive stand:

  •  3. DSM-IV subtypes of predominantly hyperactive-impulsive and predominantly inattentive ADHD have not been supported by the empirical data; instead the evidence suggests that the classification of subtypes in ADHD is strongly influenced by method variance (e.g., by differences in informants, instruments, or in the algorithms used for combining information across informants). The consensus is that the existing subtypology is not useful.
  • a. One question being examined is whether to differentiate ADD from ADHD. ADD would only apply in the near or complete absence of lifetime expression of hyperactive/impulsive symptoms; individuals with appreciable hyperactivity symptoms in childhood would retain the diagnosis of ADHD even if the hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms were to be in partial or full remission.  This is not a simple reversion to DSM-III ADD, since that construct permitted/required symptoms of impulsivity.
  • b. Alternatively, there could be a single disorder of ADHD comprising the popular conceptions of ADD and ADHD.
  • c. The decision regarding these two options will turn on our judgment regarding the sufficiency of evidence of clinically meaningful distinctions between non-hyperactive/impulsive ADD and ADHD; also relevant will be estimates of the prevalence of the putative ADD construct.
  • d. Data being compiled by Work Group members bearing on these issues will shortly be available to provide a stronger basis for these decisions.

The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Brain - Professor John Zajaros 30 Years of ADHD Tutoring

In Other Words: ADHD Stays and ADD, well….

At any rate, we all know that information overload is a problem for almost everyone trying to keep pace in this fast paced world. However, there is a certain subset of the population that seems to be struggling. Interestingly, more adults seem to be stepping forward with the same sort of complaints, the same symptoms, many of the ADHD students I tutor are plagued with.

Is this a new expression of ADHD or did these men and women have ADHD all along and we just missed it the first time around?

Well, I’d say yes…and yes!

However, there is a qualifier here, as well:

Many of the men and women I see who are complaining of ADHD-like symptoms as they attempt to keep up with their business-lives and/or their undergraduate or postgraduate workload are, in fact, experiencing a severe form of information overload. Information overload as a consequence of the rapid pace of how information is being disseminated…and the pace of living, in general.

In other words, many people—I’d argue most—simply cannot keep up…nor should they!

In today’s interconnected world of iPhones and Androids, iPads and Galaxies, Kindles and Nooks…and they are indeed everywhere…information, and people, are available 24/7/365.

This is indeed an exciting time to be alive!

However, it comes at a price!

Let me ask you a question:

If so many adults appear to be suffering from some sort of information overload version of ADHD, is it really all that surprising that a large and growing subset of our student population would also be exhibiting the same sort of symptoms?

A Qualifier:

This is not to say attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not a real condition!

In fact, after more than 30 years of tutoring ADHD students from 5 to 55 years of age and beyond (throughout the Cleveland area and in other regions of the country when in school), and unlike some academicians and medical professionals specializing in education and in ADHD, I have little doubt that ADHD is very real.

Tragically, I have also witnessed first-hand the consequences of ADHD. I am utterly convinced that ADHD can, and will, wreak havoc on a student’s life, in and out of the classroom, if ADHD is not properly diagnosed and treated!

Treatment* of Students with ADHD:

a)      Diagnosis by a Medical Practitioner Specializing in Treating ADHD in Children and/or Adults

b)      Psychological Support when Necessary – Either through a Mentoring Program of through a Psychology Practice with Psychologists and Support Staff Experienced in Working with Children and/or Adults Diagnosed with ADHD

c)      Ongoing School Guidance Support through the Guidance Office

d)      Regular Meetings with the Student’s Guidance Counselor(s) and Teachers – To Ensure Proper Monitoring and Support

e)      A Professional Tutor – A Tutor with Experience Specializing in Tutoring, Mentoring, and Coaching Students with ADD (definition notwithstanding and diagnosis dependent), ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Other Learning Challenges

The combination of all five components is crucial for ongoing success!

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services - Professional ADHD Tutoring

No, all ADHD students will not require psychological support. But that’s a decision that should, whenever possible, be made by the physician and the student’s parents (or the physician and the adult patient).

The fact is, most ADHD students will require ongoing education-based counseling and support. It is easy to fall behind and most ADHD students may not ask for help until they are in trouble…if then! Therefore, once the diagnosis has been made and the medical care assured, the school must be notified and a professional tutor experienced in tutoring ADHD students must be consulted and brought on board.

Ultimately, we are talking about assuring a successful life for the student!

It is crucial that the ADHD student be provided with all of the medical, psychological, and education-based support he or she will require to not only get through their years in school, but to flourish!

Definitions aside, if you think you, your son, or your daughter is in trouble?

They probably are, so don’t hesitate to ask for help!

You can seek for your child at any level in the treatment paradigm…as long as you ultimately cover all of your bases and seek out professionals experienced in tutoring ADHD students.

Professor John Zajaros, founder of Westside Tutoring and Testing Services, has well over 30 years of experience tutoring students with ADHD and at all levels, from pre-school through professional school and postgraduate work.

Professor Zajaros has also spent years mentoring and coaching businessmen and businesswomen attempting to come to grips with information overload, business building, and diagnosed ADHD in this fast paced world.

If you would like to schedule a consultation, call 440-821-7018 24/7/365 and, if we do not pick up, leave a detailed message with a time and date that is best to call you back and we will do our best to do so.

In every instance, we will call you back within 24 hours!

We Work with Students in All Subjects and at All Levels!

Contact Westside Tutoring & Testing Services Immediately! 

Professor John P. J. “Jack” Zajaros, Sr.

440-821-7018

 

*I am not a medical practitioner. My NSF funded doctoral fellowship and studies at a consortium made up of Columbia University, NYU, CUNY Graduate Center, the American Museum of Natural History, and the New York Zoological Society, in physical anthropology, were primarily focused on “bones!” And specifically on the age-progressive phenomena affecting the spine and sacroiliac joint. However, I have had a lifelong passion for working with students affected with learning challenges (specifically ADHD). It is an avocation that has, and always will be, a huge part of my life. Again, I am not a medical doctor. Seek a medical diagnosis before declaring yourself, your son, or your daughter as affected by ADHD. Be grateful if it is simply information overload…and call me either way, I can help with both!

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What We Offer: Specializing in Tutoring Gifted Students and Students with ADD and ADHD

November 3, 2012 admin Leave a Comment

What We Offer: Specializing in Tutoring Gifted Students and Students with ADD and ADHD

Professional Tutoring throughout the Cleveland Area for Students from 5 to 55 Years of Age

Tutoring for All Subjects and All Levels: Specializing in the Gifted and Students with ADD and ADHD

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services is an education-based consulting firm focusing on academic support, to include one-on-one tutoring throughout suburban Cleveland.

 

Call 216-712-7004 (voicemail monitored 24/7/365)

Below you will find a partial list of the subjects Westside Tutoring and Testing Services offers tutoring in. Westside-Tutoring and Testing Services tutors students of all ages, from pre-school and elementary school through graduate and professional school:

 

Science Tutoring

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services of Lakewood, Ohio Specializes in Science Tutoring

Earth Science

Physical Geography

General Science (often taught in the freshman year of high school)

Biology

  • Embryology
  • Osteology
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Gross Anatomy
  • Microbiology

Chemistry

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

Physics

Math Tutoring

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Pays Tribute to the MathMan

PreSchool Math

Elementary Math

Middle School Math – General Math

Pre-Algebra

Algebra I

Algebra II

Geometry

Trigonometry

Pre-Calculus

Calculus

Statistics – Beginner through Graduate Level

In tribute to a great math tutor and educator.

We’re sorry to inform you that Henry the Mathman passed away on September 8, 2011.

He was 88.

History Tutoring

Cleveland's Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Makes History Tutoring Interesting

World History

US History – Pre-Revolution to 1865

US History – Reconstruction to 1945

US History – Post WWII to Present

Western Civilization – The Golden Crescent to the Fall of Rome

European History – The Fall of Rome through Enlightenment and Revolution

European History – Emerging from Revolution to WWII

European History – The Holocaust in Depth

European History – WWII to Present

Egyptian History

Africa and the Fight for Colonial Power (we can drill down – Africa is a huge continent and topic)

Africa: Emerging from the Yolk of Colonial Power to Present (we can drill down – Africa is a huge continent and topic)

Asia – Focusing on China and Japan (we can also delve into Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc)

Russia – The Tsars (Peter the Great, the Ivans, Catherine the Great, and the fall of the Tsars)

Russia – The Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 through Perestroika

Russia – The Purges

Russia – From Lenin through Stalin

South American History

MesoAmerican History

Mexican History – Pryamids to the Fall of the Aztecs

Native American History and First Contact

English Tutoring, Grammar Tutoring, and Literature Tutoring

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English – Grammar

English – Reading

English – The Essay, Critical and Creative Writing

English – The Research Paper and Technical Writing

African American Literature

American Literature – Prior to 1860

American Literature – 1860 to 1945

American Literature – 1945 to Present

American Literature – The Great American Novel

British Literature – The Greats: Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, etc.

British Literature – The Industrial Revolution to 1945

British Literature – 1945 to Present

British Literature – The Novel

Humanities Tutoring and More

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services - 30 Years of Tutoring, Coaching, Mentoring, and Influencing StudentsAnthropology Tutoring

  • Archaeology
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Linguistics
  • Physical Anthropology

Psychology Tutoring

  • Introductory Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Learning and Cognition in Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Sociology Tutoring

Economics Tutoring

  • Micro-economics Tutoring
  • Macro-economics Tutoring

Business Management Tutoring

Marketing Tutoring – Across a Broad Range of Topics

Sales Instruction – Want to be a better salesperson?

  • Learn from one of the best! Results are guaranteed!

Test Preparation

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High School Standardized Tests

PSAT

Standardized Tests (there are several used at present – school district dependent)

Graduation and Graduation Equivalency Exams

Ohio Graduation Test or OGT

GED

Teacher Certification Exams

PRAXIS – We’ve had tremendous success, 100% of our students achieving a qualifying score!

College Entrance Examinations – Undergraduate

ACT

SAT

CLEP

Graduate School Entrance Examinations

GRE

Professional School Entrance Examinations

LSAT

GMAT

Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional School Application Consulting

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Offers College Education Consulting

Application Support – College or university and graduate school or professional school applications must be professional and set you apart!

  • We can help you do this!

Personal Statement Assistance

Scholarship Application Assistance

Complete Application Support – From targeting the right program through admission

  • Our program yields results for students focusing on academics and/or athletics!

Reading

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Believes in Building the Proper Foundation and Reading is an Integral Part of the Foundation

Fundamental Reading – For those struggling with the ability to read

Speed Reading – Our most recent student went from 190 words per minute to 1100wpm in 12 weeks! Of course, every student is different and the above mentioned student was and remains highly motivated, but anyone can double, triple, and quadruple their reading speed in 12 weeks.

Our Most Popular Courses by Far: Study Skills and Time Management

Westside Tutoring Believes that Study Skills and Time Management Go Hand-in-Hand -Or it's a Nightmare!

Study Skills – Think back to the many courses you’ve had that deal with study skills….

Westside Tutorinjg and Testing Services Offers a Complete and Effective Study Skills Program for Cleveland Residents

  • Yeah, that’s our experience too. To date we’ve not had a student who has had a course that taught study skills, much less time management!

In fact, most students can go through 13 to 17 years of education, some students at the best prep schools and universities in the country, and never have a class on how to read faster and with greater comprehension.

  • Westside Tutoring and Testing Services teaches students to read more effectively in order to get the most out of the material you are reading, whether it’s for some sort of academic pursuit, business endeavor or project, or some other “serious” pursuit because that sort of education is lacking too.
  • Westside Tutoring and Testing Services teaches students to write well, and in a way that conveys both the student’s thoughts and ideas in a clear and concise manner.
  • Westside Tutoring and Testing Services teaches students to study for an exam…the right way!
  • Westside Tutoring and Testing Services teaches students to outline a chapter…again, the proper way!
  • Westside Tutoring and Testing Services teaches students to do independent research…in a library with real books that require a different sort of attribution….even when taking an independent study course!
  • And so on….

I think you are getting the idea by now. Westside Tutoring and Testing Services, and its founder and CEO Professor John P. J. Zajaros, Sr., are motivated to one end, to eliminating the need for tutoring services…for anyone! No, it will not happen, not completely and not in our lifetime. But we can make it possible for students to no longer require our services one student at a time.

Kind of like planned obsolescence!

No, we will never be obsolete, at least I hope not.

However, as one of our students discovered, a very bright boy in the local school system’s gifted program, if you apply yourself for a specific period of time—and we mean really commit—you will never need our services for that course again! Sure, you may need a little help here and there, even Michael Jordan had a coach, but you will never need the kind of help you need if you’re about to crash and burn in geometry!

By the way, the student I mentioned above has since moved to Pennsylvania and is doing extremely well! I know this because I received a Father’s Day text from him.

Well, it is a different world, I guess!

Time Management – Begin to take charge of your life as never before!

Westside Tutoring and Testing Services Takes a Unique Approach to Time Management

Whether you are considering this course for a child, perhaps a high school or college student, or for yourself, this course will change your life!

Again, the results are different for each and every student but one thing seems to be universal:

  • The students graduating from the Time Management course are far and away better off than they were coming in.

Study Skills and Time Management are not taught in the conventional fashion.

We know you know all about “To-Do Lists!” We are going to introduce you to a new way to think. In fact, we will revolutionize the way you think…and conduct yourself day-in-and-day-out. No, I am not talking about a lot of new age mambo-jumbo, I am talking about a course that works. In fact, the Time Management course sells out every year. We only take 10 students per year and we do not accept more than ten until someone has move on and is successfully applying our principles…with exciting, even gratifying results.

Why limit it to 10?

We’ll, first and foremost, we want every student to get the most out of the course and out of the instructor. Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, we only have so much TIME!

So, call today, spots always fill up fast as we move closer to the New Year.

For information and/or a free consultation and assessment, call today!

440-821-7018

 

 

Professor John P. J. “Jack” Zajaros, Sr
Westside Tutoring and Testing Services
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
440-821-7018

 

NOTE: We do not answer the phone while with students, that’s their time! So, if Professor Z or one of his assistants cannot get to the phone, leave a message. We will call you back as soon as we are free, and certainly by the end of the day. Thank you!

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