Sports and Fitness for Kids with Learning Disabilities

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Kids with learning disabilities, which can include dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and language disabilities, may struggle in school, but find success in the world of sports. The playing field offers them a chance to equal or best their peers, strengthening self-esteem (which can take a hit in the classroom) and teaching teamwork and social skills as well.

Sports also offers kids the chance to learn skills—such as problem-solving, sequencing, and focus—in a new way, which can in turn help them with their academic work. And after all, learning a sport is learning too, so it reinforces kids’ ability to pick up new concepts. Children who have learning and behavioral challenges can profit from the physical release of exercise too. It reduces stress and helps redirect energy positively; this can help improve behavior in the classroom.

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Does this pupil have dyscalculia – and if so what should we do about it?

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Assessing a pupil or student who appears to be poor at maths to see if the child is suffering from dyscalculia is useful as means of helping assign limited resources.

This assessment can be done through an educational psychologist, of course, although this can be rather expensive – and of itself it doesn’t actually provide any resources that can be used to help the pupil or student after the assessment.

The Dyscalculia Centre has been looking into this problem for some time, and we have now come up with an on-line test which is much lower cost than a visit to an educational psychologist.

What is more, having marked the test we then provide a comprehensive set of copiable materials relevant to that student. These resources can then be used in school by an assistant teacher or SENCO working with the student.

The on-line Dyscalculia Test covers the individual’s attitude towards mathematical concepts and issues, plus specific questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, shapes, percentages and time. It is intended for anyone aged over seven years, but obviously does imply that the individual would be expected to be able to answer some basic questions in each of these subject areas.

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Dealing with Developmental Disabilities in the Classroom and Outside

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Dyscalculia is often referred to as the math version of dyslexia. This, for the most part, can be an accurate comparison. Dyscalculia is a math learning disability that affects the students visual-spatial abilities which results in difficulty processing the material that their eyes see. This therefore affects their ability to understand and compute math in the classroom. This disability also frequently affects the students language processing skills as well because it takes them longer to comprehend what is going on around them.This disability, like so many others, varies in severity and also in the area that it affects the child’s learning. For individuals with difficulty in the visual-spatial department, it makes it more difficult to visualize and identify patterns as well as difficulty memorizing or learning a sequence of steps needed to solve a problem.

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Psychology Wiki: Dyscalculia

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Dyscalculia is defined as a specific learning difficultyaffecting a person’s ability to understand and/or manipulate numbers. Like dyslexia, dyscalculia can be caused by a visual perceptual deficit. Dyscalculia is often used to refer specifically to the inability to perform operations in math or arithmetic, but is defined by some educational professionals as a more fundamental inability to conceptualize numbers themselves as an abstract concept of comparative quantities. It is a lesser known disability, much like dyslexia anddyspraxia.

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