Synap2it Toolbox!

Welcome to the Synap2it Brain-Body toolbox! We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.  Today we are talking about the History of Building Synapses and how it is related to Synap2it's student success programs.

Meeker and Meeker’s IPP methodology is based on contemporary neuroscientific research. 

In 1973 McCall, Appelbaum, and Hogarty found a major condition associated with increases in the child’s intelligence to which caregivers deliberately trained him/her in various cognitive abilities and sensory integration skills prior to those skills being essential for him/her. 

Such findings were concurrent with the pioneering work of Ayres, who wrote on the theory and remediation of sensory integration dysfunctions for therapists, teachers, and parents (Ayres, 1979). 

In the next decade, Ornstein and Thompson (1984) and Gazzaniga (1989) established that, among low-achievers, a commonly shared factor is underdeveloped cognitive abilities and sensory integration skills, which prevent the students from ‘learning how to learn’.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your students an edge on learning. You are not alone in searching for additional resources to provide for your students. 

Learners of any age can benefit from our brain based learning approach that gets to the root of learning challenges. Our ability to strengthen and develop learning abilities is what makes us stand out. Using our comprehensive brain based learning programs we help students recognize their full potential for learning. Everybody has strengths. We use the strengths to build the weaknesses.

Stay connected to our social media on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram by searching @synap2it in the search bar. 

We look forward to staying connected with you, and thank you for joining the Synap2it community. 

Welcome to the Synap2it Toolbox! We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.  Today we are talking about Maximizing the Mental Powers of Students.


Cognition is everything. 

A sample of our cognitive abilities include:

• Memory
• Rule following
• Comparison and contrast
• Concept formation
• Symbol decoding
• Context comprehension
• Inferencing
• Deductive reasoning
• Process orientation

Synap2it addresses the student’s individual profile of weaker and stronger cognitive abilities so all students may maximize their mental powers before they encounter instruction that depends upon those very powers. 

These are not ‘all or nothing’ abilities. Every student develops their cognition abilities to a lesser or greater degree but each student may be expected to have a significant variability in the fitness and stamina of each different cognitive ability. 

For 35 years, individual teachers have adapted Meeker & Meeker’s Structure of Intellect (SOI) assessments and instructional materials to develop students’ cognitive abilities on a pupil-by-pupil basis. This was mainly within gifted/talented programs- a paradox which implies that only the most able students should enhance their cognitive abilities.

Now, faced with a broad cognitive diversity in every classroom, teachers seek a group-based, site-managed SOI design that can develop age/developmental-level cognition in all students while dedicating the pupil-by-pupil approach to at-risk students.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your students an edge on learning. You are not alone in searching for additional resources to provide for your students. 

Learners of any age can benefit from our brain based learning approach that gets to the root of learning challenges. Our ability to strengthen and develop learning abilities is what makes us stand out. Using our comprehensive brain based learning programs we help students recognize their full potential for learning. Everybody has strengths. We use the strengths to build the weaknesses.

Stay connected to our social media on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram by searching @synap2it in the search bar. 

We look forward to staying connected with you, and thank you for joining the Synap2it community. 

Resources

Meeker, M.N. (1969). The Structure of Intellect: Its uses and interpretation. Columbus, OH: Charles Merrill

Guilford, J.P. (1956). The Structure of Intellect, Psychological Bulletin. 53, 276-293.

Welcome to the Synap2it Toolbox, we’re so glad you found us. We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.

Today we are talking about the History of Building Successful Students!

The foundation of Synap2it’s program is Dr. Mary Meeker and Dr. Robert Meeker’s Structure of Intellect (SOI) model and instruments.​ Those are founded on the work of Dr. J.P. Guilford who earned his PhD at Cornell University. 

In military research,​ Dr. Guilford​ first proved that the human intellect is a structure of multiple intelligences, each of which could be assessed independently from the others (Guilford, 1956). 

Dr. Guilford’s doctoral student, ​Dr. Mary Meeker​ (Ed. D., University of Southern California) r​ efined his “structure of intellect” measure and applied it directly to K-12 learning by developing instructional materials to strengthen specific areas of cognitive or perceptual weakness​ (M. Meeker, 1969). 

In her model, intelligences, like physical abilities, can be exercised and developed through cognitive and perceptual exercises. ​Meeker asserts: “Teaching the ability to learn should be considered equally as important a goal as is a mastery of prescribed content.” 

Once students develop these skills, teachers can then approach the essential skills of education confident in their students abilities to learn challenging material. ​Using SOI, Synap2it provides skill-development activities to improve the student’s cognitive abilities across content areas. 

These learning skills will become
 the basis of lifelong tools for mastering any learning task.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your students an edge on learning. You are not alone in searching for additional resources to provide for your students. 

Learners of any age can benefit from our brain based learning approach that gets to the root of learning challenges. Our ability to strengthen and develop learning abilities is what makes us stand out. Using our comprehensive brain based learning programs we help students recognize their full potential for learning. Everybody has strengths. We use the strengths to build the weaknesses.

Stay connected to our social media on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram by searching @synap2it in the search bar. 

We look forward to staying connected with you, and thank you for joining the Synap2it community. 

Sources
 Guilford, J.P. (1956). The Structure of Intellect, P​ sychological Bulletin.​ 5​ 3,​ 276-293.
 Meeker, M. N. (1969). ​The Structure of Intellect: Its uses and interpretation.​ Columbus, OH: Charles Merrill 

Welcome to the Synap2it Toolbox, we’re so glad you found us. We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.

Today we are talking about the program we use at our learning development center.

At Synap2it we use a program called the Structure of Intellect (or SOI). It has been used in more than 500 schools and clinics in the last 60 years. We believe the key to remediating learning challenges is to know why the challenge is occurring and to have a systematic program in place for eliminating the cause.

SOI is a system of assessments and trainings. We equip people with the necessary intellectual skills to learn subject matter, do analytical thinking, become more creative, and learn how to learn.

We also screen for sensory integration or visual skill difficulties to see if there is a physical problem that may interfere with that student's learning.
i.e., sensory integration and visual skills-- not just visual acuity but those functional skills necessary for efficiency and stamina for learning!

As you can tell, we are not a typical tutoring center in the strict sense of the word. Typical tutoring focuses on what the student was unable to do in class, reteaches it, in order to get through the next test, semester, or grade level. If a student just needs more reinforcement, more 1:1 instruction, or a quieter environment, tutoring works.

Great precision is required in training concepts rather content (or curriculum). In addition to the physical skills it is necessary to train the underlying content knowledge that go into the makeup of curriculum in order for learning to occur. This takes time because it requires that the physical readiness to learn as well as assuring that conceptual areas are in place for true learning to occur.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your students an edge on learning. You are not alone in searching for additional resources to provide for your students. 

Learners of any age can benefit from our brain based learning approach that gets to the root of learning challenges. Our ability to strengthen and develop learning abilities is what makes us stand out. Using our comprehensive brain based learning programs we help students recognize their full potential for learning. Everybody has strengths. We use the strengths to build the weaknesses.

Stay connected to our social media on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram by searching @synap2it in the search bar. 

We look forward to staying connected with you, and thank you for joining the Synap2it community. 

Welcome, to the Synap2it Toolbox! We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.  Today we are talking about how our students at Synap2it Learning Development Center learn how to work smarter not harder. 

If you’ve noticed:

• Homework taking longer than it should
• Headaches or tired eyes after doing nearpoint work
• Difficulty with reading comprehension
• Math struggles with calculation or concepts
• Poor handwriting
• Low test scores or grades
• The avoidance of reading or writing
• Low motivation regarding school
• Trouble following directions or completing work
• Disorganization
• Simply working very hard for the A, B, or C

Synap2it Learning Development Center can help.

If you don’t have a complete set of learning tools, how long would you be willing to put out large amounts of extra effort only to fail over and over again? 

Most students do care deeply,  but why should you try hard if you know you are going to fail anyway?

If you had a bike with a flat tire wouldn’t it make sense to fix the tire before training for a road race? You could get by with a lot of extra effort and someone holding the seat and running alongside but your achievement level is seriously compromised. How long before our students just wear out and quit? 

The good news is, brain research over the last 20 years has validated that the brain can change at any time of life, not just during early childhood. 

• The brain can learn to think about and process information in new and more efficient ways and our students learn to work smarter, not harder with intensive specific training. 

By definition, students diagnosed with learning difficulties have at least average to above average intelligence. This is what is so confusing, the student appears bright but just doesn’t make all the connections to be able to do the work. 

Most learning challenges are caused by a weakness in the underlying learning skills. These skills are the root of the brain's ability to process information. The brain must be able to take information in, remember and organize it, and finally, use it in learning. 

Unfortunately, when learning skills or processing problems are just left alone, it is still there months later and will follow the student into adulthood. Simple maturation will not fix the problem.

The truth is, when student’s connect to learning, everyone wins. 

Take the first step by contacting us by phone or website contact form. 

• One of our highly trained professionals will be happy to talk with you to determine if the program is right for you. 

Upon contacting one of our professionals, students are assessed using the Structure of Intellect assessments to identify underlying developmental and cognitive issues that can keep students and adults from achieving. We also look for areas that can be further developed to achieve even greater success.

Using this information and other screenings we are able to understand areas in an individual's learning profile that may be causing difficulty. 

• We then design an individual plan of learning and remediation to develop any areas which need improvement. 
• After we determine the individual learning plan, we will meet a minimum of two times a week for one hour.

This training allows a person to accomplish his/her goals academically and professionally to realize their full potential.

A lack of motivation is different 

than not having the skills.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your

Welcome to the Synap2it Toolbox, we’re so glad you found us. We are here to provide families like you with tools to give your students an edge on their learning, because when students connect to learning, everyone wins.

Today we are talking about the Synap2it Process!

The Synap2it Process is simple! 

At Synap2it we make school more successful by addressing and training concepts that may have been missed along the students journey. 

For example, we assess 11 areas that contribute to mathematical success. A student may have 8 of those abilities in place and not 3. Those three can still be interfering with the student’s success. 

First, we begin with ​assessment​. 

• -  The Structure of Intellect assessment we use at Synap2it will ​identify the students' 
• learning abilities. 
• -  Tests are appropriate for ages five through adulthood. They are​ ​normed according to age and grade level. 
• The second step is ​identification​. 
• -  An analysis is generated based on the student’s test scores. 
• -  It profiles the following areas: 

- Cognition, evaluation, memory, creativity, and problem-solving. 

The third step is t​raining​. 

• -  Personalized training materials in the form of paper-pencil and/or computer are 
• available based on the student’s test results. 
• -  Low abilities are targeted at the beginning of the program. 
• -  Average to high abilities are further strengthened. 
• The fourth step is Sensory Integration and Focusing Skills screening and training. 

- We assess a student’s perceptual and developmental abilities to ascertain if there are physical skills that are underdeveloped and therefore interfering with a student’s ability to do the work of learning. 

Synap2it Learning Development Center is for ANY learner seeking an edge to learn deeper, better, and faster.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We are here to provide you with tools to give your students an edge on learning. You are not alone in searching for additional resources to provide for your students.

Learners of any age can benefit from our brain based learning approach that gets to the root of learning challenges. Our ability to strengthen and develop learning abilities is what makes us stand out. Using our comprehensive brain based learning programs we help students recognize their full potential for learning. Everybody has strengths. We use the strengths to build the weaknesses.

Stay connected to our social media on Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram by searching @synap2it in the search bar. 

We look forward to staying connected with you, and thank you for joining the Synap2it community.