Understanding Dyscalculia: Recognize & Address Math Learning Disabilities with Daniel Ansari, Ph.D.

In this hour-long webinar-on-demand from 7/18/18, learn the common signs of dyscalculia with Daniel Ansari, Ph.D.
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Related Resources:
1. Read: When ‘Careless Mistakes’ Aren’t: Dyscalculia, Math Anxiety, and Learning Strategies That Help
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2. What Is Dyscalculia? Math Learning Disability Overview www.additudema...
3. Symptom Test: Dyscalculia Symptoms in Children www.additudema...
4. eBook: Signs & Symptoms of Learning Disabilities www.additudema...
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[@suew000]

I’m 70 and was sure I had/have dyscalculia which has caused me so many problems throughout my life.

[@monaami555]

I got a master degree in maths with A grade, but i still cannot divide and subtract numbers in memory, I still have problems with 7+2 and 9-3, or 8*7. shrug. I think what saved me was that my parents were not good at maths so they did not get too involved in my homework, so I could do it my way.

[@TambriaMoore]

I’m sixty filing for disability and have no way to assess my self diagnosed dyscalculia (it was not accepted in my youth as a thing) huge impact on employment and careers. Any adult resources? So much suffering and financial loss from stigma, related disabilities, barriers to employment and advancement. Also recently dx with add

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia & dyscalculia 4 yrs ago at age 11, now we were both just diagnosed with adhd. She has really struggled with math and public school failed her miserably. The neuropsych eval contained many recommendations for tools and strategies to help kids with dyscalculia learn and all the school tutors did was repeat things as nauseum, hoping that she would eventually get it.. all that happened was that she became very anxious, stressed & depressed and finally dropped out just after starting 9th grade. Now she won’t do any kind of math work at home even though I purchased the touch math resources. I am a single working mom dealing with a myriad of my own health challenges from multiple tick diseases and I just can’t sit with her to try to make her work at it plus math has been a real struggle for me too- I get basic math but the rest just doesn’t make any sense nor does it seem to be useful for life so what’s even the point?! I wonder how neuropsych (and the counselors, psychologists, and school people) missed the fact that she has adhd? She def had her own type of hyperactivity, always needing to move and was also on a movement related sensory diet.. it was missed in me as well when I was a teen & seeing counselors but I was also homeschooled and grew up in a big family on a farm. Makes me mad, things could’ve been so different for both of us had things been recognized and we had received the appropriate help

[@stevenfaehrmann1088]

Hi... I am diagnosed ADHD. In highschool and college I was good with algebre. However I failed many time in Calculus. Could this Dyscalula be a factor?