As much of my work is dedicated to bringing awareness I also browse the web for new approaches, interesting articles, new research and all other things related to dyscalculia. Referrals to those get posted on our site dyscalculiaheadlines.com

This website also has an easy search function and some topics on the sidebar to help people focus on the most interesting articles for them.

In my work with children who have trouble with math I have used various methods and strategies to develop and enhance the mathematical thinking and, among many other useful manipulatives, one of the better ways to help them is by the consistent use of number lines. Moving slowly with them from the number path to the number lines, then to double number lines and eventually even to circular number lines and number lines on a grid to form graphs. View my Masterclass Smart Number Lines

There is a large number of mathematical concepts that can be modeled in various ways. We bombard them with  stacks of counters, Cuisenaire rods, base ten blocks, and pizza slices. This may lead to students believing that they are learning many separate topics that each come with their own model, and they often fail to see the connection between topics and across models.

The number line can be the anchor we can tie other models to.

I’ll share the step-by-step progression of understanding mathematical concepts based on an increasingly sophisticated number line. We start from counting and take it to reasoning about the additive and multiplicative connections between quantities as basis for proportions, percentages, unit-conversion, and algebra. One overarching model helps students see the red thread in the relationship between operations and concepts. The number line can be the anchor to which other models may be tied

Briefly I will go over some research about the benefits of working with number lines and then we’ll walk through some examples of using number lines for the various operations.

This video series is for parents who want to help their children with math homework but in the most effective way.

It has 35 videos with either instructions by me about how children learn or the background of the learning process and demonstrations of some well known manipulatives and explanations of interventions on particular topics.

There are about 150 downloadable documents available to support the parents and it is all available immediately when they sign up. https://momsteachmath.com

In my mission to bring more resources for dyscalculia I have recognized the enormous potential we have in the trained dyslexia tutors. There is a 40% comorbidity or overlap between dyslexia and dyscalculia and we hear from dyslexia tutors that they get often asked to also help out with math that the children have problems with.

So I have developed a Transition Training for Dyslexia tutors who want to also work with children who have dyscalculia. see it at https://dys4dys.org

This training includes the following modules

Dyscalculia Tutor Training 1-1

Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages (module #1-2)

Algebra concepts in a visual way (module #1-3)

Geometry concepts (module #1-4)

Graphs, Charts,  and Data Analysis (module #1-5)

The training is designed to get people ready to be a dyscalculia tutor or dyscalculia specialist to work with students who have dyscalculia after 3-6 months, depending on how much time they can devote to the study. There are a few books to read in conjunction with watching the videos. 

The training is self paced, that means that all materials are available as soon as people have enrolled in the course. They can either follow the training’s curriculum or they can go directly to the topics that are most interesting for them.

The full training now has 110 videos, slightly over 30 hours of direct video instruction by me, and over the five modules about 235 downloadable tools, templates and games to help you work with the students they will be tutoring.

Access more information at https://DyscalculiaTutorTraining.org