Mentor and Study Skills Tutor
Our Services
As an experienced mental health mentor and study skills (c15 years’), I provide (or have provided) support to students through several agencies as well as, independently, through my own company – Smarts Solutions: CETD.
This considerable amount of experience has led to me developing a proven capability in supporting people with a variety of mental health conditions/SpLD/developmental disorders within an educational capacity.
In addition, as a person with dyslexia, as well as a well-established study skills tutor, I have a considerable amount of personal and professional experience when it comes to working with ‘SpLD education-friendly’ support tools and techniques.
Finally, within my role as a mh mentor, I support students who are experiencing a variety of mental health conditions including – but not exclusive to – anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and/or bipolar where I provide individualised interventions that empower students to manage their mental health in relation to their academic progression.
I am a fully insured qualified Mentor and Study Skills Tutor who is registered with PATOSS as a Professional Member and, thus, DSA-QAG quality assured
I am a fully insured through Towergat
I meet the relevant requirements as per the DSA-QAG quality assurance framework to support students funded through disabled students allowance.
I am registered with PATOSS as an affiliate professional member, my membership number is: AP9404;
Fees
Please contact me to discuss fees further
DSA-Funded
Specialist Mentor – Mental Health Difficulties £45
Specialist one-to-one Study Skills and Strategy Support –
Specific Learning Difficulties £48
Private funded tuition
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Study Skills and Mental Health Support testimonies
“Andi has been such a great support for me as he has helped me get my head around referencing and also provided me with lots of study skills tip and tools to help me feel less stressed when completing my university work.”
“I found my mentoring sessions with Andi very good as he always gave me time and space to explore how my mental health was being impacted by the challenges I was facing with my academic work. We then put together a plan as to how we would start reaching out to disability support at the university and also set up counselling which was so helpful. He is a very good tutor; I would highly recommend him. Overall through the course of 1 year, my grade went from a low 2:2 to a high 2:1.“
“As someone with dyslexia I really struggled with writing essays but Andi helped me to develop researching and essay writing skills that have made this much easier and I even got a 1.1st in my dissertation!“
“I found it very hard to focus on my university work but my weekly session with Andi helped me gain focus and momentum. We developed a colour-coded calendar and we explored my feedback from previous work and figures out how to make sure I was not making the same mistakes twice. My grade increased as did my confidence.“
“I have always loved studying but found it very stressful at times especially with my dyslexia but Andi was great in helping me see that I was able and also in providing tools to help manage my anxiety such as deep breathing techniques and organisational tools, I graduated with 76% overall.“