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Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

In adults, the signs are likely to include:

• Getting anxious at the thought of having to do mathematical tasks
unexpectedly at work

• Repeatedly forgetting a PIN number for a bank card

• Having trouble handling money or keeping track of finances at home
or at work

• Frequently running out of time while doing a task, or failing to plan enough
time for all the things that need to be done

• Trouble understanding graphs or charts

• Often getting several different answers to the same mathematical problem
and needing to check work over and over again

• Frequently being late, occasionally missing important events altogether

• Finding it difficult to remember names

• Needing to write down a phone number immediately to remember it

• Getting lost easily or frequently misplacing objects around the house.

Clearly all of these things can be worrying and distressing, and can have a major
impact on relationships.

A Activity 1: Experiences with dyscalculia

Use the links below to watch two videos. Each video shows an
individual explaining their experiences with dyscalculia.
As you watch the videos, make notes about how the SpLD can
affect different aspects of a person’s life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oo_Uzi2AUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEFRC-JwM2o

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