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Re-mediation of Dyscalculia!

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School out and you need to continue Math for your child, here is how:

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With many of the schools closed for either an extended Spring Break or even longer to fight the spread of the new virus, many parents find themselves challenged with providing some Math lessons for their children.

If you google you can find worksheets but explaining some of the concepts is a more difficult task. For this purpose, our sister site, MomsTeachMath, has an offer of 50% off (use coupon code: COVID-19) the video series with 35 videos with clear explanations and demonstrations, by Dr Schreuder, on how to explain Math to your elementary school child. It also features about 150 downloadable templates, games and resources to get started immediately.

How do you determine it is Dyscalculia

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This is an important question with implications for the remediation of the condition.

At this moment there is no generally agreed definition about what Dyscalculia is but there are now, thanks to a working group from the UK, guidelines that you can follow to ensure you get the right diagnosis.

It starts with a few key principles to distiquis Dyscalculia and a special learning disability from other difficulties with math:

  • 1. Difficulties must be unexpected in relation to age, level of education, level of experience and level of other attainments:
  • 2. Difficulties should be specific and persistent.
  • 3. Difficulties must not be solely caused by other factors such as:
    •  Inappropriate teaching or gaps in mathematics education  Social and personal factors which adversely affect attitude/motivation with regard to learning mathematics
    •  Maths anxiety
    •  Incomplete mastery of the language of instruction (e.g. EAL/ESL)
    •  General learning difficulties
  • 4. Difficulties should not arise from another neurological, physical or mental health condition.

Next it proposes a definition for Dyscalculia and other Math difficulties:

Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics. It will be unexpected in relation to age, level of education and experience and occurs across all ages and abilities.

Mathematics difficulties are best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, and they have many causal factors. Dyscalculia falls at one end of the spectrum and will be distinguishable from other mathematics issues due to the severity of difficulties with number sense, including subitising, symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude comparison, and ordering. It can occur singly but can also co-occur with other specific learning difficulties, mathematics anxiety and medical conditions.

Read all about it HERE

Dyslexia and Dyscalculia

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If you are already familiar with Dyslexia, it is easier to understand the things that happen when you have Dyscalculia. Although they are very different, here is an overview of where you see how it affects people similarly.