Evidence-Based Dyscalculia Screeners
Supporting neurodiverse individuals to build confidence with numbers in education, work and career development.
Pre-16
Free Dyscalculia Pre-Screener for Students
Pre-16 Dyscalculia Portal
Post-16
Free Dyscalculia Pre-Screener for Adults
Post-16 Dyscalculia Portal
What is in the Pre-16 Portal?
- Dyscalculia Screening Questionnaire for Teachers
10 minutes self-perception questionnaire that helps to identify 8 areas of dyscalculia that need further investigation. - NumberSenseMMR™ Profiler
30 minutes test to help identify developmental dyscalculia profile across three areas of Number Meaning, Number Magnitude and Number Relationships. Also provides a standardised score and a targeted intervention program of work. - Cognitive Tests
Essential cognitive tests to support diagnosis of dyscalculia across numerical memory, numerical vocabulary and speed of processing. - Additional Learning Needs / Special Needs Support Tools
Neurodiversity audit tools, assessment observations notes and EHP/IEP justification tools.
What is in the Post-16 Portal?
- Dyscalculia Screening Questionnaire for Individuals
10 minutes self-perception questionnaire that helps to identify 8 areas of dyscalculia that need further investigation. - NumberSenseMMR™ Profiler
30 minutes test to help identify developmental dyscalculia profile across three areas of Number Meaning, Number Magnitude and Number Relationships. Also provides a standardised score and a targeted intervention program of work. - Cognitive Tests
Essential cognitive tests to support diagnosis of dyscalculia across numerical memory, numerical vocabulary and speed of processing. - Reasonable Adjust and Access to Work Tools
Neurodiversity audit tools, assessment observations notes and AtW, DSA and EEA justification tools.
Have you ever said to yourself:
- “I am scared to change my job, because it involves numbers?”
- “I know I’m not stupid, but I just can’t do maths!”
- “I have difficulty with directions, reading analogue clocks, anything involving numbers, even basic maths, it gives me a lot of anxiety”
- “I have not memorised multiplication tables and I have trouble remembering basic maths rules. It is a huge source of embarrassment for me”
- “When someone asks me, for example; How long it will take? How much change will you receive? – accurately; Work out the cost of holiday? My mind just goes blank. I freeze or I avoid the question”
Well, you are not alone!
There is a high chance of probability, you might have dyscalculia that is not been diagnosed. Dyscalculia affects 5-10% of the population, but now there is help available.
What do you need to do:
- Screen for dyscalculia – in 10 minutes, this will provide you indicators of dyscalculia that you may need additional support during the program.
- Test for Number Sense Profile – in 25 minutes, this will identify specific topics in maths that you need to develop. It will inform the program organisation of Functional Skills Level.
- Optionally, for sever cases you may want to carry out cognitive capacities assessment to help identify Accommodations and Adjustments or Access to Work support.
- Enrol to a maths support program.
More about the screeners:
1. Dyscalculia Screening Questionnaire:
This is a skilfully designed, 10 minutes questionnaire that aims to gather unique viewpoints, personal encounters, and individual interpretations of difficulties related to maths.
The questions are based on well-researched traits commonly associated with dyscalculia.
Upon completion, this questionnaire generates an all-encompassing easy-to-read report presenting a wealth of valuable dyscalculia indicators while also delivering recommendations that warrant specific areas for further investigation.
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2. Dyscalculia Number Sense Profile Test:
This is a 25 minutes on-line number sense profile test to provide the first-step understanding areas(topics) of numeracy strength and areas for improvement.
The outcomes from the test support targeted learning and measures progress and performance for work-ready Functional Skills.
Your current maths skills will be profiled to provide a visual Number Sense Profile using the researched and validated NumberSenseMMR™ framework. The profile will show developmental dyscalculia symptoms – risk of dyscalculia and maths developmental delays.
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3. Cognitive Skills Assessment:
Cognitive skills assessment are usually carrier out by Qualified Assessors or Educational Psychologist.
The cognitive tests comprise of a set of assessments aimed at understanding an individual’s cognitive abilities, identifying areas of difficulty, and guiding their interventions with appropriate adjustments and accommodations recommendations. The dyscalculia screener will provide the focus for cognitive tests towards schemes such as Access to Work, Disability Support Allowance (DSA) and Exam Adjustments.
All good intervention providers should have a Special Needs or Additional Needs coordinators or Disability Department, with access to specialist assessors. DynamoPost14 will be providing these services soon.
Ask the Additional Needs Assessor or the Disability Manager for further assistance, who will be able to assist.
What is Neurodiversity?
The word neurodiversity refers to the diversity of all people, but it is often used in the context of learning disabilities. It refers to the different ways a person’s brain processes information.
Being neurodiverse does not correlate with low intelligence; many people with neuro differences are highly intelligent.
People who are neurodiverse often think about and see the world differently, making them a huge asset to any team that wants to improve how they do things in work environment and deliver excellent services.
The most common types of neurodiversity are as follows:
- Dyscalculia (difficulty with numbers)
- Dyslexia (difficulty with reading, spelling and writing)
- Autism, or Autism Spectrum Conditions
- ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
- Dyspraxia, or Developmental Coordination Disorder (motor coordination – writing)
What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is a specific learning disorder that affects 5-10% of the population. Individuals with dyscalculia have difficulty with processing numbers. Difficulty in understanding the meaning and magnitude of numbers, knowledge of mathematical vocabulary, relating numbers to mathematical concepts and using them in everyday tasks.
70-80% of people who experience some form of reading difficulty have dyslexia.
If you are an adult who struggles with maths, there is a high chance of probability you might have symptoms of dyscalculia that needs diagnosis.
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What are the typical symptoms of Dyscalculia in Adults?
These are some of the symptoms you may relate to:
- Trouble doing mental math; gives incorrect change, for instance, or needs a calculator to figure out a tip.
- Frequently late, occasionally missing important events altogether.
- Finds it difficult to remember names.
- Often drive too fast or too slow, or vastly misjudges how long it will take to drive somewhere.
- Needs to write down a phone number immediately to remember it.
- Gets lost easily; misplaces objects around the house frequently.
- Struggle to keep score in games; often loses track of whose turn it is.
- Slow to tell time on an analog clock.
- Poor memory for anything number-related, like dates or facts.
- Struggles to learn dance steps or anything involving motor sequencing.
- Generally, high anxiety with numbers.
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What is the evidence-base for the screeners?
The evidence-base for the screener, are two folds:
- Over 10 years research in the field of dyscalculia to help identify the most significant causes of dyscalculia.
- The use of validated NumberSenseMMR™ framework to help identify symptoms of dyscalculia and maths developmental delays.
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