Dyscalculia and Dyspraxia
DESCRIPTION
A specific learning disability that affects a student’s ability to understand numbers and learn math facts, Dyscalculia has implications for students across curriculum areas. Dyspraxia, a disorder that is characterised by difficulty in muscle control, which causes problems with movement and coordination, language and speech, can affect learning outcomes.
This webinar will:
– Provide an overview of dyscalculia and dyspraxia
– Identify the signs and symptoms
– Provide teaching strategies to support students to engage in learning
AITSL requirements met:
1.2 Understand how learners learn
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of learners across the full range of abilities
3.3 Use teaching strategies
This webinar has been designed to assist educators in their knowledge of these two specific learning difficulties which can have a major effect on student learning.