At Positive Learning Solutions SOI modules and other brain-building resources begin to make noticeable strengthening of abilities after a few months. Typically, a minimum of one year of working an SOI personalized follow-up plan is recommended. These are all students or adults at PLS who have continued to work their follow up plan for at least 1-2 years to get optimum results. They are all experiencing marvelous improvements in various areas. Some prefer to remain anonymous, while others don’t mind putting their signature to their own unique success story. Perhaps someday your story can be included here too.

A grateful mom’s letter

My daughter has been tutoring with Marcia Davis for several years and has made amazing and drastic improvement in her schoolwork. We had our daughter home schooled by Marcia for a year and in that year time she went from D’s in English and Math to A’s and B’s. I attribute this wonderful change to Marcia and her different methods of teaching. She looks at the “whole” child and not just one aspect. Marcia found that our daughter is a visual learner, needed some vision therapy, has Scotopic Sensitivity, and has some dyslexia. With the different approaches that Marcia uses she was able to help with our daughter’s different learning challenges. I can’t say that one approach was the reason for the improvements, it was the combination; SOI, balance board, Scotopic overlays, and the working with clay for dyslexia. Our daughter has also been able to overcome some anxiety problems she was developing because of Marcia’s help with her schoolwork. Marcia was able to see that our daughter had special gifts and worked on these gifts to help our daughter bloom into being able to succeed in her schoolwork and to develop the self-confidence she needs to be successful in life. It is hard for me to find the words to express how impressed I am with Marcia’s work and with her personally. She is passionate about her work and it shows. She deeply cares about the youth she works with too. I will always be extremely grateful for all that Marcia has done for us. I HIGHLY RECOMMMEND Marcia and her teaching methods. If you would ever like to speak with me personally, you may get my phone number from Marcia, and I’d be happy to talk with you.
Sincerely,
Cathy Grace
(Note from Marcia-Cathy’s daughter, Elizabeth, has retested with SOI after 2 ½ years. Her scores in Language arts have more than doubled! There was a small hint of this hidden giftedness in her very first writing sample. Congratulations to this hard working young lady for making her dreams begin to happen!)

Math Success

A homeschooled boy had been described by a few experts as a gifted child, with AD/HD and some learning problems. Indeed this student’s reading comprehension, and knowledge of history and science were a few grade levels above his age. Yet he continued to struggle with spelling first grade words, and his math was one grade below (his math computation CAT test score had been 26% at the end of 3rd grade, and 43% at the end of 5th grade). He took the SOI assessment at age 11 (grade 6). The results showed unusually low scores in every symbolic processing area, in spite of some other very high scores. He began SOI modules, the SOI memory kit, and SOI MathPrep as well as finishing the last 6 months of a 2 year neurodevelopment program. He retested in SOI in the 8th grade, showing that several abilities had been built, including his very low sequencing and memory. His math computation score at the end of 8th grade was 87% on the CTBS test! This young man is now in public high school, in grade level and honors classes, and has been on honor role for two years. Last semester he earned a 4.0 GPA!

Reading Success

Erik Matthew was 16 ½, in high school EGC classes. He was known as a friendly, imaginatively distractible student who could read only at the first to second grade level. After 1 month of reading tutoring 1 to 1½ hours per week, he could read at the 3rd grade level (with the help of phonics and an Irlen overlay). He also began doing several SOI modules for judgment and organization, balance enrichment, and some working with clay. He has continued 1 hour weekly reading and doing SOI modules. After 3 years, he is now known for his mature life choices and responsible attitudes at home, school, and work. His favorite subject to read is science textbooks at the 6th to 7th grade level, and his reading is continuing to improve! Way to go Erik!
A Transformed Girl

Another homeschooler had been approximately 2 years behind in reading, writing, and math. She was socially and verbally immature for her age, distractible, and prone to temper tantrums. She took the SOI test at age 8 ½ and began doing SOI modules, the SOI Memory Kit, as well as over two years of vision therapy. The Belgau Balance board, SOI LanguagePrep, and hands-on multi-sensory tutoring methods were all added to her program. Her moods have been very stable for a few years now (she is occasionally asked if she is a year older than she is), and her social skills are excellent (she is very active in church youth group and is a regular leader in children’s ministry). She had her first year of public school in 8th grade where she made honor role. Her reading and verbal skills came up to grade level. Her dysgraphia (uneven, poor handwriting) has completely improved. Her hidden gifts also began blossoming. In 8th grade she was in honors art, and also won a small creative writing contest! She is now taking several honors classes in high school and maintaining very good grades.

Marcia’s story

We cannot help others without being blessed ourselves—right? That has been true in my case. Besides enjoying each one of the kids that I work with, I have been able to apply SOI, Belgau Balance board, Irlen glasses, and some of the multi-sensory learning methods to my own weak areas with great results.
SOI — My first SOI test showed that, though I was gifted in a few areas, I had very low scores in classification/organization and in auditory memory. These were no surprise to me. I was a very visual learner and a clutter bug! I began fitting in 5-10 minutes of SOI classification modules daily and did all of them twice. After 4 to 6 months, organizing made sense and I could remember where I put things. Eventually people began complimenting me on my organization! As I work with kids’ auditory memory skills, it has given me practice as a side benefit. I recently passed SOI/IPPs Auditory test with no remediation needed!
Irlen glasses – I have worn them for over two years now, and they have been wonderful! They have greatly improved symptoms that my regular bifocals didn’t help: eyestrain during reading and at the computer, depth perception, driving fatigue, and winter moods.
Belgau Board – The balance board helps me with clearer vision.(This was the first improvement I noticed–improved eye strain. My optometrist has also verified that my eyes have improved consistantly over the last four years. Every two years I need a weaker prescription.) Besides this, it has helped my ability to pay attention. memory, writing, and occasional foggy thinking. Clients have seen my speech and response to their questions improve before their very eyes, as I stood on the board!

(Amazing as it seems, there are families that I work with who tell me that they notice a difference with their children’s reading, memory, coordination, vision therapy progress, and even musical ability, when they use the Belgau balance board!).