Fraction is child’s play

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Not new but a good reminder that children are capable of getting introduced to fractions and equivalency at a young age. The Erikson Institute show three children’s books that package the feeling for fractions in nice stories with great pictures.

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Accommodations for college students

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Thank you Diagnostic Learning for sharing this great resource.

How to Help a Special Needs Child with Dyscalculia?

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The Hope for Special blog has posted a great page with lots of information about Dyscalculia, the signs, the treatment, tips and referrals and countering some myths about dyscalculia.

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Comorbidity in learning disabilities

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ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia are comorbid. Also, the underlying continuous traits are correlated (ADHD symptoms, reading, spelling, and math skills). This may be explained by trait-to-trait causal effects and/or shared genetic and environmental factors.We studieda sample of ≤19,125 twin children and 2,150 siblings from the Netherlands Twin Register,assessed at ages 7 and 10.Children with ADHD were more than 2 times as likely to have a learning disorder and children with one learning disorder were 3-4 times as likely to have the second learning disorder. Still, most children with ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia (86%) had just one disorder.Cross-laggedmodellingsuggested thatthe trait correlations are due togenetic influencescommon to all traits, rather than causal influences. Thus, ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia seem to be comorbid due to overlapping genetic risks, rather than causality.

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Neurodivers support group

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A wonderful initiative from Belgium, a neuro divers support group of adults that meets online every two weeks. Super initiative, hope there will be more to follow.

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