With the start of school life, most students experience problems in their lessons from time to time. While these problems are sometimes temporary, sometimes; It is faced by the individual as a problem throughout his entire education life. If there is no problem in the mental development of the individual, but still academic failure continues in school life, this is a sign that you have other problems. The reason for the problems in school life; It can be of psychological, contextual, economic, physiological and familial origin.
Dyscalculia, which is one of the special learning disabilities; It is a special learning disorder that creates difficulties in comprehending numbers and symbols, performing mathematical operations and associating mathematical problems with each other, although the individual does not have any mental problems. Early diagnosis is very important for treatment. When you see the symptoms of dyscalculia in your child, getting expert support from a child-adolescent psychiatrist will enable you to make progress in treatment.
What are the Symptoms of Mathematical Learning Disorder?
Comparing mathematical symbols with each other
Making mistakes and having difficulty in distinguishing right-left
Making very simple calculation mistakes
Inability to memorize the multiplication table, even if memorizing it is very difficult forgetting quickly
Difficulty in performing basic mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Inability to learn simple geometric shapes
making mistakes
Having problems with attention
Having difficulty in forming a strategy
Treatment of Mathematical Learning Disorder
Support from a child-adolescent psychiatrist is required.
Tests related to mathematical learning disability can be done by the psychiatrist. According to the test results; A treatment plan is prepared.
If there are other disorders that trigger dyscalculia and cause the child to have learning disabilities, these can be identified and treated.
There is no specific drug used in the treatment of dyscalculia. More “educational techniques” are used in treatment.
In order for children with dyscalculia to love mathematical operations and symbols, it is necessary to buy educational books that will make children like operations and enable them to practice with operations.
Parents have a great responsibility in the treatment of dyscalculia. Parents’ awareness and awareness of this learning disorder and their behavior taking into account this situation of their children have a decisive effect on the positive outcome of the treatment.
The child’s abilities should be revealed and supported by the family and the school.
