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Signs of dyscalculia and other tips from a math expert

Signs of dyscalculia and other tips from a math expert

Update: 2025-01-16
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What is dyscalculia? How can parents spot it? And is it anything like dyslexia?

Find out about all of this and more from Brendan Hodnett. Brendan is a middle school special education and math teacher. He is also an adjunct professor at Hunter College in New York City, where he offers courses on inclusive ways to teach math.

Tune in to learn more about early signs of dyscalculia, how it affects kids inside and outside the classroom, and tips that can help.

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(1:04 ) How to pronounce dyscalculia

(1:38 ) How dyscalculia relates to dyslexia

(2:48 ) How it affects a child’s concept of time and sense of direction

(4:34 ) Early signs 

(5:29 ) Exploring a diagnosis

(10:24 ) How dyscalculia shows up outside of math class

(13:48 ) Understanding money

For a transcript of this episode and more resources, visit the In It page on Understood.org.

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Signs of dyscalculia and other tips from a math expert

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