Why The Structure of Intellect Assessment (SOI) Works for Students Who May Be Right-Brained Learners and Have Visual or Auditory Challenges
Many smart struggling students learn best when they see and experience information – these students often struggle, despite massive investments of time, money and programs.
We label the students right-brained learners, because these students learn best when they see and experience information and can do far better if they are taught to their strengths.
Below, we have listed 7 key issues that parents face, even when they have invested in a thorough psycho-educational or neuro-psychological review
Issue 1
Parents realize there is a significant differential between their child’s potential and their performance, and invest in one more traditional tool.
These students often excel at:
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Remembering places they have been
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Movies they have seen
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Learning best when they see and experience information
One guidance counselor at a private school recommended asking 32 parents to get psycho-educational tests, the cost would have been $2500 a piece or $80,000 in total. The principal merely asked, “What will we do differently as a result of the tests?” The seven professionals in the room said nothing.
How The SOI Helps
The SOI Assessment shows how the student learns best – this focuses the program and professional selection process on programs and professionals that match the student’s learning style and address the co-existing conditions.
The critical issues are sight word vocabulary and pattern recognition issues that are often not addressed with traditional interventions – even for elite clients
Issue 2
Visual perception issues are very common for right-brained learners – many traditional assessments miss these issues that include skipping words and lines when reading, difficulty copying information and/or reversing letters and numbers.
How The SOI Helps
The SOI helps by:
Identifying the issues through 6 sub-tests
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Demonstrating the issues with concrete examples
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Providing an excellent way to remediate the situation
One student was at the 18th percentile in reading – despite almost $10,000 in help.
With the learning difference and visual perception issues, he was able to improve his reading score on the standardized test from the 18th to the 83rd percentile and 5 years later he is a straight A student in all Honors Classes.
Issue3
Private schools often require an assessment, get the data and then use their programs to remediate – these programs are often not tailored to the student’s learning style and frustrate the student, the parent and the school.
How The SOI Helps
The SOI provides specific tools that can be used by trained professionals and provides schools with prescriptive recommendations. One Boca Raton principal asked her Special Education Specialist why they stopped using the SOI and she said,
“Because the Federal Government requires us to find out what is wrong with a student”.
The SOI on the other hand shows us how the student learns best, their underlying strengths and challenges, and whether they have underlying vision or auditory issues. It then provides specific actions to improve performance”.
Issue 4
Right-brained learners often have trouble with processing speed, timed tests and copying off the board.
How The SOI and The Visagraph Help
Over 72% of the right-brained learners we assess have tracking issues that are often missed -- the SOI shows the visual issues several different ways and then we use a Visagraph (R) that shows exactly how your child's eyes track when reading
“The Visagraph revealed a significant issue that we would have missed" said Dr. Rehnke, St. Petersburg, FL
Issue 5
Student’s self-esteem has often been damaged by comments like:
“You are just lazy and unmotivated”.
“You are not as smart as …”
“If you just put your mind to it …”
How The SOI Helps
Students are often delighted to see:
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How many skills they have above grade level, even way above
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That there are just a few weaknesses holding them back
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That all the issues can be improved, and that once they are, everything gets even better
With our son, he had a stronger SOI than all the other members of the family – including his brother at Columbia
University. With this knowledge and the follow-up, both his mindset and his skills improved.
Issue 6
Successful parents often learn differently themselves – they are creative, problem solvers, and can see what others cannot see. They want their child to be Outrageously Successful.
They want a game plan that will explain to them:
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Where their child is strong
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Where their child struggles and why
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How they can help their child to be Outrageously Successful with a combination of services from Outside Professionals and their local Educational Professionals
How The SOI Helps
When Dr. Guilford and Meeker developed and improved the SOI, they focused on:
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The underlying learning skills needed for success
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Developing systems that can be used to improve all the skills
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Making the tools easy to use
Issue 7
Most assessments made available by Psychologists focus on providing excellent feedback and psychological training. As a parent, this can be helpful, and what you also need is the remediation that can transform your child into an Outrageously Successful student.