Mathematics is a subject that many students have had problems with in school, and this difficulty is compounded when the boy suffers dyscalculia, a learning difficulty that entails the difficulty of understanding and performing mathematical calculations. To the despair of the 6% of students who suffer from it, it is not a well-known anomaly, which means that in few cases it is diagnosed and therefore treated adequately.
Dyscalculia, like dyslexia, have no relationship with a low IQ, since those who suffer from it have a level of normal or higher intelligence, but they have trouble with math, maps, signs, addresses.
To help the child overcome this ailment and that it does not become an academic problem, it is necessary that both parents and teachers provide attention to the signs that alert us that a child may suffer from dyscalculia, such as:
- Counting with the fingers: This symptom cannot be seen in isolation, since children, when they begin to learn to count, will always use their fingers.
- Have great difficulty memorizing the multiplication tables.
- It is very difficult for him to count down and do approximate calculations.
- They present errors when writing the numbers.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
