Dyscalculia symptoms

If your child is struggling with math, they may have dyscalculia, a learning disorder that makes it difficult to understand and work with numbers. Learn about the signs and symptoms of dyscalculia, as well as practical strategies and resources for supporting your child in our latest blog, and help them build confidence and succeed in math.

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Study these age-specific symptoms of dyscalculia to better understand how this little-known condition may be affecting your child.

Signs of dyscalculia, also known as a math learning disability or math disorder, can be hard to spot. Use this checklist of signs of dyscalculia in children.

Explores the connection between ADHD and dyscalculia, a learning difficulty that affects a person's ability to process numbers and mathematical concepts. Many people with ADHD also have dyscalculia, which can make learning math challenging. The article also discusses the ADHD symptoms that can contribute to dyscalculia and offers tips on how to manage these challenges. Click here to read and learn more about ADHD and dyscalculia.

This math learning disability is nearly as common as dyslexia, however it’s studied far less, understood far worse, and diagnosed inconsistently. At its core, developmental dyscalculia is an inability to process and represent numerals in a typical way. Here is what educators and clinicians need to know about symptoms, complicating factors, comorbid conditions, and useful screening tools.

Developmental dyscalculia was first recognised in the UK by the Department for Education and Science in 2001 and it is estimated that it affects roughly 4-6% of the population, equating to at least one child in any average classroom. As a teacher, you might suspect that you have a dyscalculic pupil in your class if an otherwise competent student has a surprising level of