Beginning in Fall 2026, Tutoring Services is proud to join the Writing Studio in expanding its services to include new neurodiversity-focused tutoring support offerings for the select list of undergraduate science, math, and economics courses on which Tutoring Services focuses.
Made Possible Through an Anonymous Gift
The 自慰视频 Writing Studio and Tutoring Services office is grateful for the generous support of the anonymous donors whose vision made these new offerings possible. By creating the Specialist in Neurodiversity-focused Writing and Tutoring Support role on the WSTS team, their gift has enabled our office to build expertise in this area and our programs to expand access to inclusive, student-centered learning support.
Affirming Neurodiversity at Tutoring Services
At 自慰视频, we foster a culture of curiosity and academic exploration within an inclusive community that embraces diversity and diverse perspectives. For the Writing Studio and Tutoring Services office, that commitment to diversity and inclusivity includes neurodiversity.
We recognize that neurodiverse students bring unique strengths, perspectives, and talents that enhance our collective learning environment, and we value that no two minds learn, think, and grow in exactly the same way.
Through our new neurodiversity-focused tutoring support, we aim to tailor the Tutoring Services support open to all 自慰视频 students in ways that honor these differences and foster individual growth within a neuroinclusive space. Our goal is to empower all students to thrive academically and personally, embracing their distinctive pathways to success.
Neurodiversity-Focused Tutoring Support
Referral-based Tutoring Support
Through Tutoring Services' neurodiversity-focused tutoring support, students can be matched with a STEM Tutor for one of our supported courses in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics with whom they will hold regular tutoring sessions鈥攅stablishing a recurring appointment schedule (weekly, biweekly, etc.) depending on need and availability. The goal is an ongoing tutor-client relationship intended to foster familiarity, trust, and continuity in individualized support.
Eligibility
To be eligible for neurodiversity-focused tutoring support, students must be registered with the Office of Student Access Services (SAS). They can then seek a one-time referral from their Access Specialist.
When a student requests a referral, the Access Specialist verifies that the student is registered with SAS with a documented neurodivergence, including but not limited to learning differences/disabilities (LD), ADHD, or autism.
Tutoring Support without a Referral
Are you interested in this support, but not registered with Student Access Services? The most important thing to remember is that all students can schedule and access free, individual, group, and drop-in tutoring support through Tutoring Services without an SAS referral.
To learn more about Tutoring Services support open to all students, visit the relevant page below:
Neurodiversity-focused Group Sessions
Additionally, in Fall 2026 Tutoring Services will pilot weekly Neurodiversity-focused Learning Roundtables for select courses, which will not require a referral to attend.
- More details for Fall 2026 coming soon!
Tutor Training
Alongside the formal referral-based offering described above, we have begun efforts to train all of our STEM Tutors on ways that all of our services and spaces can be neuroinclusive and accessible.
Questions?
Questions about the referral process or Tutoring Services鈥 neurodiversity-focused tutoring supports can be directed to Nauff Zakaria, Academic Support Coordinator and Specialist in Neurodiversity-focused Writing and Tutoring Support.
Additional Campus Resources
- All inquiries about accommodations and testing should be directed to the Office of Student Access Services.
- The Center for Student Wellbeing offers a variety of services that students who identify as neurodivergent may find valuable including
- personal, academic, and peer coaching
- skill-building workshops such as 鈥淪urviving and Thriving with ADHD鈥 and 鈥淩ewiring the Roadmap: Support for Executive Function Challenges鈥