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maths problems

primal

hi Guys/Gals

my 7yo son has aspergers and cannot get his head around maths. his teachers have tried and when it comes to homework time it is like pulling nails out trying to do even the most simplest of sums.

does anybody have  any suggestions as to how we go about helping him understand?

he gets very stressed when maths homework starts and it is as if we start talking another language - (which it is!) and then he just can't concentrate on the task at hand

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    If he keeps bashing his head against the brick wall then he may just build more and more stress and anxiety about the subject. It may take a special teacher or a fresh pair of eyes to manage to talk to him in terms that he can understand. If you make it more concrete, e.g. use toy cars for counting and for building blocks (e.g. of 3 columns and 4 rows of cars and then counting that there are 12 cars in the rectangle) and demonstrating what multiplication is about then it may click with him. If you can introduce the concepts during play, rather than homework, then he may not notice that he is learning and he may have less resistance.

    On the other hand, just as some people can't do good social interaction and no amount of practice seems to fix it, some people can't and won't ever "get" maths (or art, music etc). You can't make people do some things that they can't do.

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  • Former Member
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    If he keeps bashing his head against the brick wall then he may just build more and more stress and anxiety about the subject. It may take a special teacher or a fresh pair of eyes to manage to talk to him in terms that he can understand. If you make it more concrete, e.g. use toy cars for counting and for building blocks (e.g. of 3 columns and 4 rows of cars and then counting that there are 12 cars in the rectangle) and demonstrating what multiplication is about then it may click with him. If you can introduce the concepts during play, rather than homework, then he may not notice that he is learning and he may have less resistance.

    On the other hand, just as some people can't do good social interaction and no amount of practice seems to fix it, some people can't and won't ever "get" maths (or art, music etc). You can't make people do some things that they can't do.

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