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Narayan has been tutoring the same learner for the past three years.

"That's an evolution," Narayan said.

"It really takes a lot of time for the tutor and learner to bond."The program helps to facilitate this bond by giving each tutor a written list of commitments and expectations.

Narayan said he organizes about two tutor training sessions each semester, arranging guest speakers and activities geared toward teaching tutors how to best interact with and teach developmentally disabled adults.DDLP emphasizes the idea that tutoring must revolve around the individual needs of each learner, Narayan said.

Thus, while tutors promote literacy, they often teach subjects specific to the desires and abilities of each learner."My learner wants to be able to go into a restaurant and look at a menu, get the right change and know how much to pay," Narayan said.

"So we started with basic addition and subtraction."Narayan attributed the program's success over the past two years - it h...

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