Math Disability in Children: An Overview

Recently, increased attention has focused on students who demonstrate challenges learning mathematics skills and concepts that are taught in school across the grade levels.Beginning as early as preschool, parents, educators, and researchers are noticing thatsome students seem perplexed learning simple math skills that many take for granted.For example, some young children have difficulty learning number names, counting,and recognizing how many items are in a group. Some of these children continue todemonstrate problems learning math as they proceed through school. In fact, we knowthat that 5% to 8% of school-age children are identified as having a math disability.