Patience is essential to working with a student. Additionally, I like to begin with the fundamentals. With those two elements combined, we can accomplish a lot together. If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do? Derive it or demonstrate it conceptually. You must be patient, and you must dissect the problem into his most fundamental terms. I would use what we know then to answer the question. How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?