Dyscalculia 101

Dyscalculia: The Unaccounted-For Disability

Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects one’s ability to learn math and may cause difficulty counting. recognizing patterns, telling time, having a sense of direction, and more.

 

Research shows that people with dyscalculia succeed in math when engaged in multisensory learning methods.

 

This is similar to how students with dyslexia, a disorder where you may have difficulties identifying how letters and words relate to speech sounds, may benefit from a multisensory approach.

Dyscalculia Statistics: Understanding the Numbers

Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects one’s ability to learn math and may cause difficulty counting. recognizing patterns, telling time, having a sense of direction, and more.
Research shows that people with dyscalculia succeed in math when engaged in multisensory learning methods.

This is similar to how students with dyslexia, a disorder where you may have difficulties identifying how letters and words relate to speech sounds, may benefit from a multisensory approach.

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Screen for Dyscalculia as Early as Three

Our dyscalculia screener, DySc, is web-based and can be easily administered by early childhood educators and parents for learners 3-4, 5-7, 8 and up.

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Dyscalculia Screener

Our comprehensive dyscalculia screener, DySc, is aligned to the American Psychiatric Associations DSM-5-TR and available at no cost to help identify weaknesses in four key components of dyscalculia.

Dyscalculia White Paper

Get everything from what is dyscalculia to evidence-based strategies to support your students in achieving math mastery in our white paper, How to Identify, Screen, and Support Students with Dyscalculia.

Dyscalculia Workshops

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