Overview

The experience of a child struggling with numbers is a painful experience of not only are they being left behind their peers, but there is also a social impact damage. A low number sense is a strong predictor of social and economic difficulties into adulthood. The journey into dyscalculia began in 2005 with parents and teachers reporting that the easiest maths was proving too challenging for some children. Our research in this area showed that 5-7% of the population present with this significant delay in processing numbers and had difficulty responding to the most basic number questions. An image that is really hard to erase is of a child aged 9, who drew 32 marks to count 32 + 20 and then answered this as 32! This may have indicated that the child could not differentiate 32 from 20 in its magnitude, perhaps did not understand the symbol ‘+’ and had a poor sense of estimation. Children with developmental dyscalculia perform below their age-appropriate maths curriculum requirements. Dynamo Maths is a world-class award-winning evidence-based resource that supports children with significant maths delays and also supports children to catch-up. Dynamo Maths has two seamlessly linked components; online standardised dyscalculia assessment and intervention. The standardised assessment has been developed against a validated NumberSenseMMR® framework and based on research from neuroscience, dyscalculia, early childhood development, and education. The validation of the development framework was undertaken by the University of Oxford. The standardised dyscalculia assessment: 1. Identifies pupils at-risk of dyscalculia and maths developmental delays 2. Delivers an Individual Support Plan and Scheme of Work 3. Provides standardised scores and percentile rank. 4. It differentiates developmental dyscalculia from maths developmental delays. With the support of this specialist resource, no child with dyscalculia should be overlooked again.