When we first discovered our daughter’s dyscalculia, I began searching all over the internet and library for the program or curriculum we needed.
The math struggles were now obvious challenges, and were impacting my daughter’s emotional well-being.
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With Dyscalculia, learned number facts are not accessible in the same way all the time. They disappear and reappear.
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School for your child doesn’t have to look the same way as it does for the majority.
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Here was my daughter, struggling, confused, lost, and overwhelmed to the point of shaking and tears rolling down her face.
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These symptoms could have been perceived as hints of a learning disability, but that was nowhere near my thought process.
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I call it a Dyscalculia Moment. It’s a moment when Dyscalculia impacts my daughter’s ordinary life experiences.
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For the parent who is feeling discouraged and overwhelmed about their child’s learning disability:
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“If we homeschool her, then she won’t make friends and she will lose her social skills.”
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This is a part three on a blog series about evaluations. I want to give you a few ideas on ways you may be able to find an evaluation at a reduced rate.
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Private Evaluations - One concern that comes up immediately for many families is the financial hurdle.
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One of the most helpful decisions we made early on was to have our daughter privately evaluated by an educational psychologist.
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She blew up, stating loudly, “WHY IS EVERYTHING ALWAYS ABOUT HER?!”
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When I try to pretend it’s not there and avoid it by staying busy, eventually it becomes overly obvious and begins to impact my life.
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“I think I did pretty well, until I got stuck on 20 minus 6. I sat there for a long time and could never figure it out.”
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There is an unanswered question on my computer screen that I plan to tackle: Is Dyscalculia a learning disability or a learning difference?
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Our new adventure of learning math at home has been surprisingly fun.
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Dyscalculia is complicated enough as it is, without also having a name that is difficult to pronounce!
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It was eye-opening when our other daughter, who is almost three years younger, began to read the clock with ease, while our eldest daughter still couldn’t figure it out.
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I knew nothing about learning disabilities or what I should do next.
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