Math disabilities and instruction

Students whose learning disabilities center around arithmetic functioning are called dyscalculic. This problem involves an inability to perform basic math functions (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) or to apply those operations to daily situations. Sometimes the problem is in understanding the abstract concepts of mathematical usage.

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Services and Programs

• Family Outreach Center
  Disability-specific programs associated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and other organizations at Vanderbilt provide a broad range of treatment, research, technical assistance, education, and outreach services.
• Curriculum-Based Measurement for Reading and Math
  Weekly Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) tests provide systematic, frequent feedback to students and teachers. CBM is one of several validated classroom-based and school-wide interventions developed to increase educators' capacity to improve students' learning and to accommodate diverse learning needs.
• Henderson Training Series for Educators
  This annual series of workshops provides training for general and special education teachers, with the goal of improving the quality of education for students with diverse learning needs in inclusive settings.
• Research Family Partners
  Research Family Partners is a program that helps families connect with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center research studies in which they may be interested in taking part.
• Services for Educators
  Includes outreach programs for educators.
• Tennessee Disability Pathfinder - An internet community and statewide helpline
  Phone, web, and print resources in English and Spanish to connect the Tennessee disability community with service providers. Referral services, free of cost, are provided to persons with disabilities, family members, service providers, and advocates.
• Tennessee Kindred Stories of Disability
  Families, friends and service providers share their stories about people living with disability in Tennessee.

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Links and Resources

• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
  Making Schools Work for Every Child
• LD OnLine
  Interactive Guide to Learning Disabilities for Parents, Teachers, and Children
• The IRIS Center
  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the IRIS Center develops training enhancement materials to be used by faculty and professional development providers for the preparation of current and future school personnel.

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Video, Podcast and Images

• New Approaches to Developing Reading and Math Programs for Students with Serious Learning Problems
  February 27, 2013
  Intervention 2.0 Series
  Doug Fuchs, Ph.D., Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D., and Donald Compton, Ph.D., Professors of Special Education
• Educational Neuroscience: Insights into Attention, Reading, and Mathematics
  Bruce McCandliss, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Member presents at the October, 2009 Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds.

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In the News

• Vanderbilt News: Peabody professor part of $10 million mathematics research center
• Vanderbilt Brain Institute: Wired to Speak, Re-Wired to Read: Looking Into the Brain for Insights into Education
• Peabody Reflector: Brain Change: Understanding how brain development and cognitive development are related may lead to breakthroughs in understanding learning processes

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