How SOI & IPP Benefit the Deaf Community

During my many years at the Tennessee School for the Deaf, I was often asked if my deaf students were a challenge because of their deafness. I would always reply, “At TSD, my students are great; it’s the adults that drive me crazy”. I said that because it didn’t take me long to learn that kids in the deaf community are just like their hearing counterparts in public school. They laugh, play, love, and learn just like any other kid. The deaf child also brings into the classroom the same learning challenges that any other child brings. If there is…

Reading with LOCAN

WHAT IS LOCAN? SOI's LOCAN program is a new method for teaching reading. Most children who have not learned to read by the third grade are probably figurally-dominant. They are labeled “learning disabled” or “dyslexic” because they cannot read. Concrete learners will also probably struggle to progress in reading with any of the existing methods. Or, if they do learn to “read,” it will probably be reading without comprehension. All children who are preliterate or non literate can benefit from LOCAN! LOCAN is a hieroglyphic language, making it direct and concrete. Every word in the language has its own glyph.…

Getting to the Root of Learning Difficulties

IPP gets to the root of learning difficulties by addressing the issues that often cause poor academic performance. The IPP program is successful because it addresses the cause(s) of the learning difficulty. It works to improve attention span, memory, comparison & contrast thinking, eye-hand coordination, systems reasoning, and other skills essential to the learning process. This helps students perform better in school and in life. IPP HISTORY Years of identifying and training cognitive dysfunctions have revealed the importance of underlying physiological processes, especially focusing skills and sensory integration functions. SOI training will help even in the face of focusing skill…

SOI & Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities are defined as the absence of learning abilities. SOI testing can be used to identify students at risk for school success. The SOI is a broad-spectrum test measuring multiple different abilities to help you gain information about which learning abilities are developed and which are undeveloped. TESTING MEASURES There are many types of learning disabilities; the learning disabled do not all have the same profile. It is essential to any academic placement program to know which specific abilities have not yet been developed. This is the specific information that SOI testing provides. SOI IS DIFFERENT SOI training materials…

Making the Most of SOI Learning Abilities Test Results

SOI tests are tests of learning abilities. If someone is having difficulty learning, the cause may be a lack of learning abilities. Our tests are a great way to get a snapshot of students’ learning abilities and to see their learning potential. Now that you know more about your students’ learning abilities, what’s next? How do you help all of these unique students? EMPOWER YOUR STUDENTS. LET US HELP. The SOI test results have profiled your students’ strong and weak abilities. Now what? SOI is the easiest and most efficient way to improve their learning abilities. We provide you with…

Taking the Next Step in Learning with SOI

At SOI Systems, we provide you with practical ways to help your students succeed. SOI is a system of assessments and training materials that develop intellectual abilities and learning functions. We equip students with the necessary intellectual skills to learn subject matter, do analytical thinking, become more creative, and, most importantly, learn how to learn. GIFTED & TALENTED The robustness of the SOI tests helps incorporate students with gifts in areas not usually included in other assessments. figural, symbolic, evaluation, and creativity abilities are all evaluated to be considered along with students who are gifted in the traditional semantic abilities.…

The Missing Link to Learning

"I'M NOT DOING THIS ANYMORE! My head hurts, I keep losing my place, and I can't remember what I read!" These words assailed me as I walked into our fifteen year-old's room. Her text book landed on the floor in front of her, just before her words landed on me. As a parent, these are not the words you want to hear from you son or daughter. Needless to say I was dismayed. Aside from adolescence, what had changed this person from an enthusiastic student who claimed reading as her favorite subject, to the frustrated student sitting dejectedly on the floor of…

SOI Success In My Classroom

I’ve had the pleasure of being the SOI/IPP teacher at Southcrest Christian School in Lubbock, Texas for four years. In those four years I’ve learned more about people and education than I ever did in college, and I know there is so much more to learn! I think the thing that gives me the most pleasure in working my students is the self-confidence and happiness I see develop in them. I have so many success stories to share, but I will just give some snapshots of a few of them. One particular student began to ride his scooter and bike…

Using the SOI Creativity Short Form Test

SOME KINDS OF INTELLECTUAL GIFTEDNESS RELATE STRONGLY TO ACADEMICS, OTHERS TO LEADERSHIP, AND STILL OTHERS TO THE CREATIVITY & WRITING. The Creativity Short Form profiles the creativity areas in which the student is gifted, near-gifted, above average, average, or below average. This test is often used by schools for highly capable programs, as well as gifted and talented programs. CREATIVITY SHORT FORM SUBTESTS DFU: CREATIVITY USING FIGURAL UNITS Academic Skill: creativity with things Curricular Area: spatial/graphic arts Strength if well-developed: good fluency and confidence with ideas Consequences if not well-developed: will be inhibited in tasks without explicit instructions DMU: CREATIVITY…

The Brain. Did You Know?

Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain? Did you know that even though your brain weighs 2% of your total body weight, it uses 25% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of your body’s blood supply? Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water? Did you know that when recognizing a persons’ face you use the right side of your brain? Our brains are so intricate and interesting! Let’s look at the CEREBRUM which is the largest part of our brain; it is divided into four sections or lobes. The FRONTAL lobe…

How SOI & IPP Benefit the Deaf Community

Reading with LOCAN

Getting to the Root of Learning Difficulties

SOI & Learning Disabilities

Making the Most of SOI Learning Abilities Test Results

Taking the Next Step in Learning with SOI

The Missing Link to Learning

SOI Success In My Classroom

Using the SOI Creativity Short Form Test

The Brain. Did You Know?

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