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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a child with a recently diagnosed math disability here (DC is in 5th grade and has had an IEP since first grade due to ADHD).  I think a lot of the advice given here is poor.  Kids with a math disability -- about which very little is known in comparison to the research and methods related to reading disabilities/dyslexia -- are not going to learn their times tables just by drilling/going to Kumon (in fact, I recently considered a math-only local learning center for DC but put the idea aside when the director - with a masters in math -- asked me "What's a math disability?" when I told her that DC was DX'd with one).  As for the notion that parents should just drill their kids, think about this.  By the time that DC gets home from school, finishes homework, and has dinner (and on some days has activities in which DC excels/enjoys), there's a bit of time to relax and then go to bed.  As for IEP goals, DC has had math goals with 80 and 85% accuracy but has not yet met a single math goal -- and it's not for lack of teacher dedication.  Finally, although I agree that, ideally, mastering math facts is important, there are IEP accommodations like use of calculators (we have not requested this yet for DC).  It's also necessary to accept that some kids, because of their LDs, may never do higher math.  As a professional who went to top schools but never took math after my junior year in high school (yes, that would never fly today), you can be successful in life without calculus or trigonometry...[/quote]

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