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[quote=Anonymous]This is all pointing to a real possibility of dyscalculia, in my opinion. Our child was (finally) diagnosed last summer after 9th grade. After years of teachers and parents missing signs and thinking she just wasn’t trying hard enough, experienced, COVID learning loss, etc. Our kid had many of the classic symptoms (very low numeracy skills, inability to memorize math facts, counting on fingers, confusing left and right, inability to understand money, difficulty telling and keeping track of time). Please consider more testing.  Looking back, someone should have known in our case, but unfortunately educators are not properly trained to identify or provide interventions for dyscalculia. Our child almost failed their math state assessment in elementary school but did so well on the verbal that it didn’t really grab anyone’s attention—but in retrospect it should have.

Trust your parental instinct and be prepared to educate teachers and advocate for your child. Doing math facts over and over is not necessarily the answer but many teachers will push this “try harder and memorize it” approach.

We found a psychologist in Virginia with some familiarity with dyscalculia so she focused the assessments.  It was Leslie Hawkins with Mindwell Psychology.[/quote]

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