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Dyscalculia and dyslexia are both learning disorders. Dyscalculia affects a person’s ability to understand and work with numbers, while dyslexia affects a person’s ability to read and understand written language. These conditions can affect children’s performance in school and in everyday life. […]

Dyscalculia is a specific learning disorder in the area of mathematics characterised by difficulties in understanding and using basic mathematical concepts such as arithmetic operations, numbers and measurement. Although dyscalculia is commonly considered a disorder affecting children, dyscalculia in adults is a […]

Dyscalculia is a learning disorder characterised by difficulties in understanding and using the number system. There are several programmes for dyscalculia. All these programmes have some fundamental characteristics in common as it relates to working with children with dyscalculia, which we will […]

In today’s article we will look at what is dyscalculia, give 5 tips to help your child with dyscalculia and, at the end of the post, you can find a link to a free test to help in its identification. Dyscalculia what […]

  In today’s post, we explain how to detect dyscalculia in children and adults with the help of the free Smartick test and subsequent confirmation from a specialist in learning disabilities. What is Dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a learning disorder that affects a […]

  Children with dyscalculia often suffer from mathematical anxiety. In today’s post we explain what math anxiety is, how it is related to dyscalculia and how we can support children who suffer from it. Emotions and Mathematics Emotions related to mathematics can […]

ADHD and Dyscalculia. Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), often times have difficulty learning mathematics. In fact, it is estimated that out of every 10 children with ADHD, 3 or 4 also have dyscalculia.   What are ADHD and Dyscalculia? Attention […]

  It is not easy to find two children with dyscalculia who have the exact same difficulties in mathematics. Today we will talk about the heterogeneity of the difficulties presented by this specific learning disorder and, associated with this, we will look […]

Dyscalculia is a specific learning disorder that affects the acquisition of knowledge about numbers and numeracy. The best way to help improve dyscalculia is to provide children with activities that fit their profile, as each child may have problems in different areas […]

Dyscalculia is an extremely heterogeneous learning disorder, so children with dyscalculia can have very different profiles. However, there are general guidelines that we can always follow when planning an intervention program to know how to help a child with dyscalculia, regardless of […]