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Dyscalculia can hurt your career and salary opportunities

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Not one, not two, or three studies show a direct relationship between the ability to understand and master mathematical concepts and future employment and socioeconomic success. This concept is not entirely new. Education by area has always been related to the socioeconomic factor of families. However, for the psychology professors Stuart J. Ritchie and Timothy C. Bates of the University of Edinburgh, they are mathematics the ones that take the lead in this relationship.

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Treatment of Dyscalculia

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The psychologysays blog provides an overview of dyscalculia and has a slightly different take on the treatment:

In the medium term it is known to be associated with psychological problems such as low self-esteem or the onset of symptoms of depression. However, dyscalculia can be treated from psychological and psychoeducational work. For this, it is necessary to carry out a process of cognitive restructuring linked to the use of basic mathematics and self-concept. In this way, the fundamentals of mathematics are taught without which one cannot progress, and at the same time ideas that hinder learning, such as the belief that numbers do not exist, are rejected.

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Texas on special education in math

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The Texas education agency has a webpage with lots of very detailed lesson plans for topics in special education and we link to the page on math below.

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The three D’s

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The Southport school has a little series defining the three D’s in Learning Disabilities, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, and Dyslexia.

https://youtu.be/8o4SkI-eIAQ

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