Dyscalculia Quiz

[charliegirl]

dyscalculia quiz

You can determine whether or not you should have your child tested for dyscalculia by answering a few simple questions.

[laura]

I just did the test. I thought about what i was like as a kid and i got a 6, which is a possible disability. Wonder if they do ones for adults?

[newfnewman]

I believe my 14 year old daughter has discalulia. She has already been diagnosed with ADHD and Written output disorder, as well as some organizational challenges. The school tells me she is on a waiting list for further testing (up to one year) and yet they also say there is no definitive test for discalulia??? I worry as she will be in high school next year and math just gets harder and harder for her. She has 70 - 80 in all other subjects but a 24 in math! Any advice for me? Math has become a self esteem issue for her now..oh and yes she is on Concerta for her ADHD..

[misty]

My daughter has dyscalculia. Shes 13 & in Jr. high. She was diagnosed through the school twice.Once when in private school, by a private psych they hired & once when I moved her to public school. She has an IEP & is in special math classes...when first dxed she was 2.5 years behind her peers in math. Shes improving slowly but steadily. Shes now about 1.5 years behind. My advice is to push for the testing & keep pushing. Get an advocate if they refuse or take her for private testing. You want to get her started getting help as soon as you can.

By the way,

[charliegirl]

Newfnewman, I have never heard of a child being put on a waiting list for further testing. Math is a suspected area of disability and I assumed it would be covered under IDEA law.

We have some members who may know more about that and I'll pm them and ask them to check this thread. I'm sure they will have good input and hopefully know whether you can ask for independant testing paid for by the sd since they can't get to it.

You may be able to get an IEE simply because they didn't explore it when it is obvious she is having severe problems with math.

[lillian]

Newfnewman,

Two math disabilities are recognized under IDEA-- mathematical reasoning and mathematical calculations (dyscalculia). This is why achievment tests test mathematical calculations. If your child was tested before being given her IEP, then she should have been tested for dyscalculia. I suggest going back and looking at her previous testing to see how she did on this section of the test.

As far as waiting for a year for further testing, your daughter is already covered under IDEA, right? She has an IEP? If so, the IEP must address all areas of academic weakness. She is failing math, so, obviously, there is some type of weakness causing this, and it must be addressed in her IEP. I would call an IEP meeting, which you are able to do at anytime, and discuss what needs to be added to her IEP to address her math difficulties.

[lcdc1]

my 14 year old was tested and found eligible for help for a math LD last year and is in 8th grade now. Don't let the school put you off that long waiting, put another request to them in writing for thourough testing based on what you know so far and state in there that a wait that long will only potetially put your child further behind. I have to refresh my memory on the stuff I had to go through with the school on my child, they kept bumping her testing because she was not a behavior problem and she has very high verbal skills, so the crisis cases would bump her. I finally had to write a 3 page letter telling them to stop making her wait and test her or I would ask them to bear the expense of private testing that would be scheduled right away. It is also imperative that the proper testing be done. The school did the standard IQ and weschler stuff and there was not a big enough discrepancy there, I studied those result, wrote another letter that highlighted why averaging the entire scores like that did not highlight the math difficulties, they then did very specific math testing and the results spoke for themselves! She is now on an IEP at school and getting help.

My daughter has long term memory problems, recall and some other stuff as well as suspected ADD. Your daughter should be tested within a specified time frame once your written request is recieved by the school. Good luck, try to work with the school, but don't let them put you off that long!

[lillian]

Lcdc1,

Would you share what math tests your daughter was given?

[lcdc1]

lillian said:

Lcdc1,

Would you share what math tests your daughter was given?

Yes I will this weekend, I have to get the notebook from my office, I had it for my physc to see weds and left it at work. I will post a summary of what my daughter had to get tested on from the beginning and some steps I had to go through so it might help. I won't give you all of her results as the numbers might not mean anything to anyone!

[lcdc1]

My daughter was first tested using the Woodcock Johnson Scales of cognitive abilities which show areas of concern, then she was giving a more specific test called the KeyMath revised, this was the eye opener for all of us!

On this test, like 15 specific math areas were tested, she scored high on geometry, everything else was in the low of the lowest scores like 1 percentile or less. I cannot explain the numbers to you all, but if there is any testing that makes you suspect an issue or anything that you know from her doc or counselors, start getting educated on those specific areas and write a letter that addresses those specific areas and tell them the testing needs to be tailored to those suspected areas, not something like an intelligence test that averages all areas and the average can actually mask a problem if you dont study the sub categories - like my daughter has high verbal areas that skew the math stuff if the tests are averaged together, tell them if math is the problem. Test her specifically in math. And a big hint that I learned the hard way, get an advocate, a friend, a person online, a doc, your physc, anyone to help you interpret the data, cause it can certainly be manipulated as any data can to make a case either way.

Hope this helps anyone starting down this road - you are the parent, you know your kid and how hard they are trying, base it on that. Go with your gut, try to work with them, but don't give in when it just does not feel right for the kid. Early intervention seems to be one of the keys to success for a kid!