Maybe you watch your child dread every math worksheet, or maybe you still feel a flush of embarrassment miscounting change at the register. When numbers consistently trip up a capable person, Dyscalculia Testing in Sussex, WI is built to explain why. You are welcome to reach out directly, with no referral needed.
One licensed psychologist leads your evaluation the whole way through, from that first conversation to the feedback session, and an in house learning disability specialist steps in for the math specific testing. The process opens with a baseline of cognitive and executive function, then tailors itself to your concern, and it screens throughout for the conditions that so often accompany dyscalculia, whatever the age of the person being evaluated.
With children, you may see real trouble grasping what numbers mean, a struggle to retain basic math facts, and mix ups with place value. Fingers can stay in play for counting long past the early grades, and even a child who thrives in other subjects may show honest anxiety when math homework appears.
Teens frequently stumble over algebra, word problems, and estimating time or money, and their multi step calculations tend to unravel midway. The telltale feeling is competence in everything but math, alongside a gap that stubbornly widens no matter how much harder they work at it.
In adults it often surfaces as steering clear of budgeting, misjudging tips or change, and depending on a calculator for basic arithmetic. Frequently there is a long carried embarrassment about math that comes to the surface at work or the first time a child asks for help on a homework problem.
We begin with a one hour clinical interview in which your psychologist assembles a detailed history of math development and academic performance, moving from early number sense to the challenges you are facing now. That conversation shapes which assessments will most effectively expose where the math difficulty originates.
From there, your psychologist coordinates a personalized testing battery that joins cognitive and executive function measures with targeted math and numerical processing evaluations run by our in house learning disability specialist. Testing runs about 2 to 6 hours in person across one to two days. Looking at both dimensions at once uncovers the underlying patterns and the exact skills that stall, and questionnaires go to you and to teachers or others in the learning environment.
The results from both clinicians are merged into a single detailed diagnostic report. It spans cognitive ability, numerical processing, math fluency, and problem solving, and notes any co occurring conditions, whether that is ADHD, dyslexia, or an anxiety that has formed around math.
About two to three weeks after testing, you return for a feedback session. Your psychologist talks you through the diagnosis and offers individualized recommendations, including math intervention strategies, academic accommodations, assistive tools, and the next steps tailored to your particular learning profile.
No. You will never need a referral to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. Reach out to us directly, for any reason you have, and we will only get in touch with your school or another provider if that is what you want.
Math learning disorders require testing tailored to them. Your psychologist takes the cognitive and executive function baseline and the wider clinical picture, while our in house learning disability specialist handles the math specific testing. Both join the feedback session so the two sets of findings align correctly.
As a specific learning disability, dyscalculia disrupts number sense, math facts, and calculation, and effort and intelligence are not the issue. Formal testing draws the line between dyscalculia and either math anxiety or missed instruction, then shows precisely where the breakdown takes place.
Yes, they can. We evaluate children, teens, and adults. A good number of adults reach out after a math heavy course or career exposed the difficulty, or while helping their own children, and we adapt the evaluation to your stage of life.
That depends on the results, but frequent recommendations include extended time on math based tests, calculator use, formula sheets, and alternative assessment formats. The report lays out the specifics that schools, universities, and employers can act on.
Call (414) 387-2100 and we will talk through your concerns and schedule a time to begin. Because no referral is required up front, you are free to reach out the moment you feel ready.
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