Unlike with admitting a reading difficulty, there is not so much of a stigma with admitting a difficulty in working with numbers. However, when so many people exaggerate their own difficulties, it can depreciate or belittle those who have genuine, fundamental difficulties in understanding mathematical concepts. Difficulties in understanding maths may have many different origins, such as schooling issues including periods of absence or poor teaching, maths anxiety, working memory difficulties etc. More recently dyscalculia has come to the fore as (mislabelled) ‘dyslexia for maths’. Although eve ..read more

Many people have difficulty with maths. Frequently, people with dyslexia or ADHD have co-occurring difficulties including dyscalculia, which is a specific difficulty in processing number based concepts and in using basic numeracy skills. This may include: Difficulties in recognising that four pens is the same as the number four Have difficulty with concepts such as addition, subtraction etc Have difficulty estimating numbers Have difficulty in time keeping, estimating the time and in telling the time using an analogue clock Make simple errors in their numeracy work, frequently due to forgetti ..read more

Many people have difficulty with maths. Frequently, people with dyslexia or ADHD have co-occurring difficulties including dyscalculia, which is a specific difficulty in processing number based concepts and in using basic numeracy skills. This may include: Difficulties in recognising that four pens is the same as the number four Have difficulty with concepts such as addition, subtraction etc Have difficulty estimating numbers Have difficulty in time keeping, estimating the time and in telling the time using an analogue clock Make simple errors in their numeracy work, frequently due to forgetti ..read more

Working memory is the capacity to store information in an individual’s temporary memory in order to perform a task involving multiple sequences and steps of operation. Many people with dyslexia also have working memory difficulties. There are two types of working memory: auditory memory and visual-spatial memory. Auditory short-term memory records what you’re hearing and is important in both reading and spelling acquisition and can also impact upon memory for verbal instructions. Visual-spatial memory captures what you’re seeing so is also important in reading, particularly for reading compreh ..read more

With many pupils having to learn at home due to school closures or self isolation, many people are finding that their child is struggling in some key areas of the curriculum. Whilst remote lessons or worksheets are set for pupils to complete, even the most competent child needs support and struggles to work independently. For many of us parents, we have discovered that whilst we might be rusty in some areas of our knowledge, a competent search of google will quickly provide the answer. However when it comes to skills, particularly numeracy skills that we have perhaps not used since we were at ..read more