Dyscalculia Academy

Intervention

After screening: an evidence-based path to support

Dyscalculia is not an illness to be cured but a learning difference that can be compensated with the right method. Early, frequent, concrete and structured intervention closes the gap.

Four principles

  1. 01

    Early and frequent

    Short sessions of 15–20 minutes, 3–4 days a week; cycles of 8–12 weeks, then 1–2 days a week for maintenance.

  2. 02

    Concrete to abstract (CRA)

    Hands-on materials first, then visual representation, symbols last. The learner moves between stages at their own pace.

  3. 03

    Three representations together

    Digit, word and magnitude (mental number line) are used together in every activity (Triple-Code Model).

  4. 04

    Target the misconception

    Errors are not random. A library of 21 misconception patterns shows which concept needs rebuilding.

Tools

Digital · ages 5–9

Galaksay

8 planets, 73 modes, 5 levels. An adaptive platform that measures and trains counting, subitising, comparison, number line, number bonds, place value, arithmetic and multiplication. Turkish, English and Kurmanji.

→Concrete + digital · ages 5–15

DokunSay

Physical materials such as dotted number rods and number and arithmetic tablets; digital tools for rods, place value, clock, fractions, integers, geometry and data.

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Training

Developmental dyscalculia certificate programme: identification, number-sense training, tactile materials and game-based intervention.

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Strategies that work in class and at home

  1. 1

    Always pair the numeral with a quantity: when writing "7", show seven objects and let the child touch a dotted rod.

  2. 2

    Subitising practice: flash dot patterns of 1–4 briefly and have the child say the number without counting.

  3. 3

    Put a number line on the wall; place every new number on it and play estimation games.

  4. 4

    Do not ban finger counting; guide it into structured methods such as knuckle counting.

  5. 5

    Code place value with colour and position; build 35 and 53 side by side with blocks.

  6. 6

    Teach clock reading as a separate skill, with the hour and minute hands in different colours.

  7. 7

    Remove time pressure: accuracy first, speed later. No score tables, no races.

  8. 8

    Talk about anxiety: an error is data for learning. End every session with a small success.

Start with a screening

Intervention is planned around the child's profile. Begin with the grade-appropriate screening.

Start with a screening