Anyones dc been diagnosed with dyscalculia ?

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Goodness i`ve just done a search and there is lots on here.
My dd is in the top set for pretty much everything and set 6 for maths !
I have often wondered why this is so and got frustrated at her inability to comprehend basic maths - if i get a diagnosis which i am really hopeful i could get looking at this info its so her - would they allow like they do for dyslexia in her maths gcse ?
Off to bed now but will check in tomorrow
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After 15 years of teaching and specialising in maths I ihave never met a child who has been officially diagnosed with this. I have taught children with particular difficulties in maths but these are usually linked to other dyslexic type difficulties or further SEN.

What is your story? I'm seriously interested!

I have just done a search too - really useful stuff and good website from badgerbadger. I am primary based and I wonder if it is something that manifests itself more at a secondary level, in the same way that dyslexia usually manifests itself more obviously at year 2ish purely because of the work the children are doing then?

This has made me feel quite ignorant and I am determined to brush up my knowledge further. I know that there are dyslexic children that slip through the net due lack of professional knowledge in some schools - that or lack of staff and overworked teachers - neither of which are remotely excusable. We were talking about dyscalculia on a staff night out earlier in the year and I was shocked that some staff had never even heard of it - not that I know much.

Thank you for making me think again about this! I hope your dd gets the help she needs.
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Thats a lovely post x

I was in set 1 for English and set 4 for maths because I wasn't very good at maths but I was good at English.

I've sometimes wondered about this for my dd1, she really really struggles with maths but is average or above with literacy. Her handwriting is also rather ropey - don't know if that is connected at all.

Puffling -its more than that though-she is predicted As in every other subject and F in Maths. I mean she cant comprehend simple things like adding a nought to times by ten or that 7 plus 3 is the same as 3 plus 7 - she will work it out on her fingers every time. And this is a child who is otherwise bright and tries hard and will get good results in everything else-it really doesnt add up - excuse the pun !
As a mum you just KNOW .
Also she had epeilepsy as a child and i know it affected the maths part of her brain app.
Ijust thought that if she does have this i might be able to help her by taking a differrent approach ?

My DS3 was dignosed with dyscalculia. He was assessed by the Dyxlexia Institute (the tests were paid for by the school)
Like your DD. he was in the top sets for other subjects and the bottom for Maths(he got A's in his English GCSE's and E in Maths)
Unforutnately help came far too late for him-despite his difficulties being picked up in primary school by an ed psych, nothing was done in secondary until he was in the final year of his GCSEs (year 11), despite my constant requests. He was eventually given one-to-one support with a specialist teacher who was showing him various strategies, but too late.
He is in 6th form college now and has a phobia of the subject-he is supposed to be going in to maths lessons but absolutely refuses to do so. He has also recently been dx with Asperger's Syndrome.

No but I have! (DX's by my college dont know how official that was but worked with the techniques)

I also managed my GCSE (admittedly at age30) equivalent and to cope with the maths content of Psychology at year one degree level

So if I can help in any way?

Out of interest, mys ds1 / ds2 are being assessed for dyslexia and dyspraxia atm, ds3 has more complex Sn so isnt at the level yet (DS1 also ahs ASD but they can co-exist)

best tip I ever found for me, was to write all the numbers as weords- no idea why it works but I went from an inability to do the most absic maths, to complex psychological stats using that technique