Host Laura Lurns speaks to parents witnessing their child’s heartbreaking struggles with math, marked by tears and frustration over seemingly simple problems, often linked to dyscalculia.
She reframes dyscalculia not as a lifelong barrier but as a different way the brain processes numbers, comparable to being left-handed in a right-handed world. Drawing on neuroplasticity research, including a study of an eight-year-old whose brain rewired through targeted training, Laura highlights how cognitive skills like number sense, working memory, and visual processing can be strengthened.
She offers six practical steps: playful number sense activities, hands-on manipulatives, breaking tasks into manageable steps, celebrating effort, addressing math anxiety, and systematic cognitive training with tools like the Brain Bloom System and Attentive Ear Auditory Processing Program. Emphasizing the power of a growth mindset, Laura encourages parents to shift from seeing dyscalculia as a permanent disability to a developable skill set.
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