[senco-forum] Difficulty with maths

Hi Janice,
What's the purpose of your assessment? If it's to better help the child, you
might be better off doing things that would help you discover exactly what
aspects of maths she is finding difficult - the "Diagnostic Interviews in
Number Sense" are useful, at least for number skills. See
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diagnostic-Interviews-Number-Sense-Denvir/dp/1874099
855.
Hope that helps a little,
Mary

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Subject: [senco-forum] Difficulty with maths

I have been asked to carry out an assessment on a girl who is having great  
difficulty with maths. I tested her using the dyscalculia screener but the  
results concluded that she was not dyscalculic but had difficulty with
maths. We  
knew this already! As she had literacy difficulties in Y3 I thought she may 
have  undiagnosed dyslexia so have carried out a dyslexia assessment but not

much has  come to light. She achieved a high score on a BPVS but a low score
on 
a Ravens  Matrices (between 10th and 25th percentile). Her reading score was

high on a  NARA and average on a Schonell. Fine on sound blending and short 
term memory.  Can anyone suggest what else I could do?

Janice Rolnick