Support your child with dyscalculia

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The website drugs.com has a short article about dyscalculia. If you scroll to the bottom there are some nice suggestions about how to best support your child with dyscalculia. You may not be able to re-mediate their condition but you are, as parent, a very important part of the situation and following these recommendations is an excellent way to help in the process.

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Just get your children to think they are good at math

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New research shows that people who are not good at math but think they are, stick to difficult tasks more than people who are not good at math and also believe they are not good at math. So I guess in order to encourage your child to stick with the math tasks, feed their perception that they are not bad at math and they will build up the confidence to stick with a difficult problem.

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Counting 1-10 FREE app!

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We found a free app that will teach children to count the numbers from 1 to 10. Most interventions are helpful to get the attention and give the children the feeling that math can be fun and is everywhere around us. A positive attitude will go a long way to help difficulties with math. To re-mediate a dyscalculia condition more testing and analysis will have to be done with specific interventions but for now, just enjoy the little free app.

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Brain studies may help Dyscalculia

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Researchers at Benasich’s lab in Newark, N.J. study patterns in the brain waves of infants and toddlers. They try to come up with models that predict later academic success based on brain activity at a young age. Eventually we might be able to establish how a kid needs to learn by scanning their brain before they enter school. Read the great article in the Scientic American in the link for today.

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Exam accommodations for Dyscalculia

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The accommodations at exams are administered by many different organizations. You may want to look at THIS example of accommodation instructions for a Texas State test.

A more general view on accommodations is found in the Texas Accommodations Triangle in our link for today.

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