Treatments For Dyscalculia

How To Help At Home

The way a parent interacts with their child at home can make a huge difference to their overall outcome. Repetition and reinforcement is an essential part of overcoming dyscalculia. To grasp mathematical concepts, children with dyscalculia need to spend more time thinking about and being exposed to the concept than a child without a learning difficulty. Parents can do this at home by making games out of counting and arithmetic. Doing things like basic arithmetic with the number of folded versus unfolded towels in a basket of laundry can help children with dyscalculia get more comfortable with math. Being loving and supportive is another major method of solving how to help at home. The average person does not understand dyscalculia, so children with dyscalculia tend to encounter a lot of negativity at school. Encouraging them and praising their intelligence can give them the motivation they need to persevere.

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