Dyscalculia Information
What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is an innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics. Children with Dyscalculia have trouble understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, learning mathematical facts, and a number of other related difficulties.
Dyscalculia Mind Map
Dyscalculia Fact Sheets and Information
AUSPELD
Info sheet: Dyscalculia – What we know explained
Department of Education
DET VIC: Information for parents about learning difficulties, including assessment, support, rights and working with your child’s education provider: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/additional-needs/learning-difficulties/Pages/default.aspx
DSF Literacy and Clinical Services
Fact Sheet 4: What Do We Know About Dyscalculia?
Dyslexia Support Australia
Belinda Dekker has created a fact sheet on dyscalculia and math difficulties and has written a blog post on math difficulties: https://dekkerdyslexia.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/when-things-just-dont-add-up/
International Dyslexia Association
IDA Perspectives on Language and Literacy
- Winter Edition 2017: Taking on Math Difficulties. Helping All Children and Youth Who Struggle. PDF: https://cdn.coverstand.com/13959/383732/13f5bfe33a5b088d41872247e16b607485f77bdb.1.pdf
- Spring 2011: Dyslexia and Math. PDF: http://resourceroom.net/math/perspectives_dyslexia_math.pdf
Nature
Dyscalculia: Number games
Brian Butterworth is on a crusade to understand the number deficit called dyscalculia — and to help those who have it.
Numerical Cognition Lab
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscientist Daniel Ansari from http://www.numericalcognition.org talks about dyscalculia in this video
Operation Diversity
YouTube video/webinar with Steve Chinn
Further Reading
More information on dyscalculia is available on these highly recommended websites:
- Brian Butterworth’s Mathematical Brain
- Ronit Bird‘s Help For Dyscalculia
- Steve Chinn‘s Dyscalculia and the Trouble with Maths
- Judi Hornigold‘s Dyscalculia Page