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Understanding Dyscalculia Symptoms

Dyscalculia is a learning disability characterized by difficulties with mathematical concepts and problems. It can be caused by genetic factors, differences in brain development and structure, prenatal environmental exposures, brain injury, and low birth weight. Common symptoms include trouble with mental math, telling time, counting, and following sequential directions. Treatment involves special education focusing on visual aids, concrete examples, games, drawings and diagrams to connect math to real life experiences.

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Understanding Dyscalculia Symptoms

Dyscalculia is a learning disability characterized by difficulties with mathematical concepts and problems. It can be caused by genetic factors, differences in brain development and structure, prenatal environmental exposures, brain injury, and low birth weight. Common symptoms include trouble with mental math, telling time, counting, and following sequential directions. Treatment involves special education focusing on visual aids, concrete examples, games, drawings and diagrams to connect math to real life experiences.

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what is

DYSCALCULIA ?
Causes
Genes and heredity: a child with dyscalculia often has a parent or
sibling with similar math issues.
Brain development: difference in the surface area, thickness and volume
parts of the brain that are linked to learning and memory.
Environment: exposure to alcohol in the womb, prematurity and low
birth weight.
Brain injury: injury to certain parts of the brain results to acquired
dyscalculia.

Some common symptoms include:


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and right directions

Treatment
A child diagnosed with dyscalculia should receive special
education and there are way that parents can help their child
at home:

using visual aids when solving a problem.


using concrete examples that connect math to real life.
using graphing papers.
playing math related games.
draw pictures of word problems.
use diagrams and draw math concepts

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