Additional
Resources
to help you along the way
Books
 Dyscalculia Guidance
 Understanding Dyscalculia for
Teaching
 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with
Dyslexia
 Understanding Dyslexia
Websites
 LDOnline.org
 KidsHealth.org/learning/Dyslexia
 InterDys.org (Int’l Dyslexia Assoc)
Books for Students
 My Name is Brian Brian
 Lily & the Mixed Up Letters
 6th Grade Can Really Kill You
 Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
EDEE 409/Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
Obtaining
Assistance
Dyslexia
 Teachers can use checklists to
record early signs of dyslexia
 Dyslexia Portfolio – eight short
Learning with
tests that assess reading, spelling,
phonology and digit span
 Wechsler Intelligence Scale
Dyscalculia
 Piagetian test of conservation of
Dyslexia &
Dyscalculia
number, classification, and
seriation
 Rey-Osterrieh’ Complex Figure
Test – assesses attentive
analytical and perceptual-
organizational skills and the
degree of precision.
It’s not just seeing
College of Charleston things backwards
Created in Conjunction with An informational resource for
parents, students, and teachers.
Spring 2011
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What is Dyslexia/Dyscalculia?
Dyslexia is a processing difference experienced by people of all ages. Often characterized
by difficulties in literacy, it can affect other cognitive areas such as memory, speed of
processing, time management, coordination and directional aspects” (Reid & Green, 2007).

Developmental dyscalculia is a condition that affects the ability to acquire arithmetical

skills. Dyscalculic learners may have difficulty understanding simple number concepts, lack
an intuitive grasp of numbers, and have problems learning number facts and procedures.
Even if they procedure a correct answer or use a correct
method, they may do so mechanically and without
confidence” (Butterworth & Yeo, 2004).

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s

just that I stay with problems
longer.”
-Albert Einstein, overcame Dyslexia
The condition characteristics of
Dyscalculia may include:
Condition characteristics of Dyslexia • Weakness in working memory
• Lack the basic capacity for
include, but are not limited to: • Weakness in visual memory
understanding numbers
• Depend on “immature strategies” • Unusually slow to write and to
(ex: counting on fingers to solve copy information
problems) • Cannot easily remember verbal Remember, you aren’t alone! It is
• Can sometimes be associated with instruction estimated that 1 out of 5 students
dyslexia, attention-deficit • Shows little interest in reading struggle with Dyslexia. Including
hypertension disorder (ADHD), • Becomes embarrassed if asked to some of these famous names:
poor hand-eye coordination, and read in public Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison,
poor memory for non-verbal • Demonstrates a lack of Winston Churchill, Walt Disney,
material confidence in own ability Orlando Bloom, Tom Cruise, Jay
• Anxiety with numbers • Often reverses the order of words Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince
• Lacks the “starter kit” for or letters when speaking Vaughn, Kiera Knightley,
developing understanding of • Confuses the order of sounds and many more…
number and number operations