Dyscalculia: Misunderstanding Numbers

Dyscalculia is learning to comprehend arithmetic such as problems understanding numbers, and learning math facts. It is generally seen as a specific developmental disorder like dyslexia. A quarter of people with Dyscalculia have ADHD. Dyscalculia causes difficulties in everyday arithmetic tasks like the following: This person has a hard time reading clocks, difficulty or inability to comprehend financial planning sometimes even at a basic level. Examples are: balancing a check book, difficulty with multiplication- tables, addition, subtraction, and division. Mental arithmetic may be always late or early because they have difficulty judging the passing of time. Problems with understanding difference between left and right, problems reading musical notation, and difficulty navigating. They also often can’t grasp and remember mathematical concepts, rules, formula, and sequences. Oversensitivity to noise, smell, light, and inability to tune out also affect them. They might have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this: Mistaken recollection of names, and poor name/face retrieval. Parents play a very influential role in advocating for their children as a parent you have to push to get the accommodations your child needs to succeed. (www.dyslexia.com)

As a parent you have the power to make a difference. Also you have to understand the signs and symptoms of a learning disability. Everyone has their own unique learning style. Some people learn by seeing or reading others by listening, and others by doing. Here are some study tips depending on the type of learner you are: Visual learner (learns best by seeing or reading, use books, videos, computers, visual aids, and flash cards, make highlighted notes, outlines, diagrams, and l...

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... not look the same or act the same we do not have the same brains so why are we all expected to learn the same way.(ideastream.org)

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