Many schools are using SOAR® Study Skills as a Tier I & II Response to Intervention.
Recent email from a frustrated educator:
I work in a middle school and see the severe lack of study and organizational skills of the students entering this academic arena. The wheels seem to fall off these students! Most have never been taught organizational skills but are expected, by middle school, to be independent and organized. One of my children has severe dyslexia and he is actually better off in school than the unorganized child. By law, the school is providing him with many accommodations and resource help to assist. Those children that lack organizational skills simply fall through the cracks and receive no help or sympathy!- Nancy Drake, Charleston, SC
Every week, we receive emails or phone calls from teachers like Nancy who are exasperated over the challenges their students have in school because they lack organization and study skills.
Response to Intervention is now allowing schools to provide resources to these struggling students before it is too late. Study skills, or strategic learning skills, provide students with the skills to easily manage papers, keep track of homework, manage their time, and learn more efficiently. Every student can benefit from these skills, but struggling students have the most to gain.
In Prince George County, VA, their team team of school psychologists formed a Study Skills Committee because they discovered that over 50% of the students referred to them for academic problems simply lacked organization and study skills!
SOAR® Study Skills has been reaching out to these students since 1996. We have personally taught hundreds of students how to get organized, employ strategy towards learning, and achieve success in school. The SOAR® Curriculum is being taught to thousands of students around the country.
Our resources for Response to Intervention include:
- SOAR® Study Skills Curriculum; a complete package including our student text and multi-media teacher’s guide. The teacher’s guide includes several assessments to monitor and document student progress. To learn more, click here.
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- Professional Development for Educators. To learn more about our inservice, Responding to Intervention with Study Skills, click here.
