Warning Signs of Dyscalculia

The technical definition:

“Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability that affects a person’s ability to understand numbers and learn math facts. Individuals with dyscalculia may struggle with number sense, mathematical reasoning, calculation, and mathematical problem-solving.”

– Learning Disabilities Association of America

The functional definition:

Dyscalculia is a rainbow of possibilities of strengths and weaknesses that a person can possess and is typically recognizable by persistent struggles with number sense, math facts, and mathematical reasoning. There are plenty of brilliant people with dyscalculia who struggle with numbers and lead markedly successful lives. Dyscalculia can be difficult to detect because one child’s dyscalculia can look vastly different from another’s depending on their unique strengths and weaknesses and their frequent ability to mask their struggles by employing clever coping mechanisms and compensation strategies. Dyscalculia is a brain-based learning difference that affects many areas beyond arithmetic, but calculation and number fluency tend to get most of the focus since those skills are vital to school success. Since this is a brain-based difference (meaning there are certain regions of the brain that operate differently from a non-dyscalculic person), we know that there is nothing you did that made your child dyscalculic, it isn’t something that developed over time, and it also isn’t something that can be cured. We can, however, help your child develop the tools and strategies to thrive. If you’re ready to take the next step, complete the form at the top of this page to get an idea of exactly what our program is and how it works.