About Dyscalculia…
It is estimated that Dyscalculia affects 4 – 6% of the population, about one child in every classroom. Otherwise known as a Specific Learning Disorder with Impairment in Mathematics, Dyscalculia is associated with significant difficulty understanding numbers and working with mathematical concepts. Like all Specific Learning Disorders, it is persistent despite intervention, severe and unexpected […]
My child is struggling with literacy / maths. How do I know if it’s a learning disorder?
Learning struggles can be caused by internal or external factors. External factors such as the opportunities and experiences a person has, disruption and quality of education, can greatly affect learning and cause delays and gaps in knowledge and skills. It doesn’t take long for a child to fall behind and not be able to keep […]
So what exactly is Academic Intervention?
It’s when you need to DO SOMETHING. To help a student to catch up. There is an important role for tutoring and learning support to play to help students who need a bit of a hand keeping up. But intervention is different. It’s catching up. The instructional level needs to be different. Often the program […]
