The Importance of Vision in Everyday Life

In our previous blog post, we talked about the difference between eyesight and vision as well as some possible consequences when either of those things are not working optimally. We also discussed some of the general functions eyes have to be able to perform in the learning environment and why vision issues can be so easily missed. This week, we’re going to focus on: possible behavioral components when vision isn’t strongpractical skills that require a strong vision systemhow SOI can help build stronger vision skills What’s wrong with me? We’ve all had the experience of trying something new. When we…

What is Intelligence?

This blog post is extracted from an interview with Mary Meeker by Betty D. Watkins. "All children have intelligence. We have asked the wrong question. We ask how much. We must ask what kind." - Mary MeekerIn the late 1800s, Alfred Binet was commissioned to develop a way of identifying children who could not learn in school. Binet's test was modified at Stanford University by Terman for use by American children. Thus were the intelligence test and the I.Q. score created. The Standford Binet Intelligence Test is still used to identify ability to learn in school. The Stanford Binet…

SOI & Reading Comprehension

The need to improve reading comprehension is well-documented. The schools’ greatest successes in reading achievement have come at the third grade level. This is true in every state and at the national level as well. The downward trend in reading achievement begins in the fourth grade and continues through the high school years – it never improves, and only rarely levels off. Why does achievement decline after the third grade? The answer is reading comprehension. Reading instruction through the third grade is mostly concentrated on mechanics and on concrete content. After the third grade; the emphasis shifts to reading comprehension…

How SOI Helps Non-Readers

“Dyslexia” is not synonymous with “non-reader” — and it is misleading to use the two as interchangeable. There maybe many reasons for an inability to read, and dyslexia is only one of them. Applying “dyslexia” too loosely is more than semantic misuse; it may actually preempt interventions that are more appropriate and less expensive. What are the intervention therapies for a non-reader? INTERVENTIONS BEYOND STANDARD INSTRUCTION If students are beyond the third grade and have still not learned to read, we must assume that they have already encountered all of the standard reading instruction — whether it is phonics, whole…

SOI System’s Approach to Learning Problems

SOI Systems is a company with a 50 year history of addressing student learning problems. Our focus has been primarily on making sure that the student’s capacities for learning are matching the expectations of the teaching situation – whether that is in a school, a university, or less formal circumstances like home schooling. When the student’s capacities for learning do not match the expectations of the learning situation, we take a clinical approach to the situation – isolate and identify the learning problem; make a preliminary diagnosis, test to find the probable cause; prescribe an intervention; and monitor to see…

Using SOI in Business & Industry

MATCH CAREERS TO EMPLOYEES' PROFILES OF ABILITIES. IDENTIFY UNTAPPED POTENTIAL. IDENTIFY EMPLOYEES AT RISK FOR EFFICIENCY. SOI TESTING POSSIBILITIES gifted abilities can suggest career possibilities and promotion long standing learning disabilities are identified and remediation procedures are suggested discover how character and personality interact with individual intellectual abilities Use SOI for testing, identification, and training. Use all three for the most complete program, or use only the steps you need. THE SOI DIFFERENCE SOI testing is particularly fair to the linguistically or economically disadvantaged. Since the SOI test is wide spectrum (in particular, it includes Figural intelligence), it is possible…

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…

College & Careers with SOI

TESTING FOR POTENTIAL SOI matches careers to your profile of abilities. Help high school students, college students, and adults think about their careers! The SOI test produces a profile of learning abilities for the client. Those abilities are then compared to the abilities required for specific careers. The purpose of the comparison is to show the clients where their potential might be used in the work force. SOI assessments identify students at risk for college completion with: broad-spectrum tests assessing intellectual abilities tests of creative and critical thinking abilities behavioral/character analyses for motivation diagnostic information learning style identification: figural, symbolic,…

To Teach and To Learn: A Separate Experience

I simply never tire of watching students strengthen their learning abilities through using the SOI modules (learning booklets) in the area of Cognition, Memory, Evaluation, Problem-solving, and Creativity. I remember leaving meetings focused on our daughter’s challenges in school feeling discouraged and frightened. We were told she had low comprehension. A parent does not stop by the bookstore and buy a book on comprehension that would solve the problems being experienced in the classroom. Fortunately, SOI came into our lives when our daughter was nine and SOI knew how to teach comprehension! In her case, we learned it was visual…

The Importance of Vision in Everyday Life

What is Intelligence?

SOI & Reading Comprehension

How SOI Helps Non-Readers

SOI System’s Approach to Learning Problems

Using SOI in Business & Industry

Reading with LOCAN

Getting to the Root of Learning Difficulties

College & Careers with SOI

To Teach and To Learn: A Separate Experience

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