Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the ability to make sense of numbers and grasp basic number concepts. People with dyscalculia may display some of the following:
- delay in counting strategies
- difficulties remembering number facts
- problems with estimating amounts
- lack of “number sense”
- problems with telling the time
- trouble learning the times tables
Dyscalculia is often associated with a weak memory, difficulties with sequencing, a slow speed of processing information and poor understanding mathematical methods. Although people with dyscalculia can often obtain the correct answers to sums they will do so through rote learning rather than understanding the mathematical logic.
It is important to remember that many people can struggle with maths and numbers but this does not automatically mean that they have dyscalculia.
I am sorry I am not assessing for dyscalculia at this present time.