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Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers. This can lead to a range of difficulties.

Dyscalculia can occur in all ages and abilities.

General signs

There are many signs of Dyscalculia; here are some general signs that could indicate your child / young person could have difficulties leading to Dyscalculia.

General signs to look for are:

  • Have difficulty when counting backwards.
  • Have poor sense of number and estimation.
  • Have difficulty in remembering 'basic' facts, despite many hours of practice / rote learning.
  • Have no strategies to compensate for lack of recall, other than to use counting.
  • Have difficulty in understanding place value and the role of zero.
  • Have no sense of whether any answers are right or nearly right.
  • Be slower to perform calculations.
  • Forget mathematical procedures, especially as they become more complex, for example 'long' division.
  • Avoid tasks that are perceived as difficult and likely to result in a wrong answer.
  • Have weak mental arithmetic skills.
  • Have high levels of mathematics anxiety.

Next steps

If you are concerned that your child / young person may have Dyscalculia and it is impacting their learning, speak to the class teacher or Additional Learning Needs Coordinator (ALNCo) and they will be able to work with you and work out what happens next. If your child is under 5 years old, you need to speak to your Health Visitor.

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