Identify the top 5 math learning challenges and master 15 simple strategies to start reaching all your students today
5 video lessons | 25 classroom-based LEARNING activities | 15 CPE Hours for Texas Teachers
Short, concise training videos show you exactly how to implement effective accommodations
All activities are designed specifically for teaching upper elementary, middle, and high school math concepts
Learn how to better support students with math disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, and other learning challenges
All kids can learn math. But some students struggle even with the best instruction. As a teacher, it can feel like you’re doing everything you can to help, but some students still don’t progress.
In this on-demand video course, you will learn about the top 5 challenges that prevent students from learning math and learn 15 powerful teaching accommodations and modifications to help students overcome these challenges.
Specifically, you will learn how to:
Using classroom-based teaching examples, Dr. Adena Young will show you how and when to apply each teaching strategy to your own curriculum so you can start reaching students right away.
Calculation challenges are a key difficulty for students with dyscalculia and other math learning disabilities, as well as for students who just haven’t learned their math facts.
Learn why students struggle when they don’t have math fact fluency and automaticity, and learn three easy ways to help them accommodate these calculation challenges so students can solve math problems with ease.
Many students with math learning disabilities experience visual processing challenges that prevent them from “seeing” the mathematical concepts represented in symbols, equations, graphs, and figures.
Learn what it’s like to be a math student with a visual processing delay, and learn three unique ways to help students transform what looks like visual gibberish into math concepts that make sense.
Executive functioning challenges such as difficulties with self-regulation and mental organization are common among students with ADHD and autism, and also impact students who haven’t had the time or opportunities to develop these cognitive skills.
Learn why students struggle with math when they are unable to organize, regulate, and control their thoughts and actions, and learn three ways to help them fully engage their math brains so they can reach their full learning potential.
Many students experience anxiety in math, whether it’s a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, a by-product of a math disability or learning challenge, or the result of social or academic fears.
Learn how anxiety blocks math learning and prevents students from doing their best work, and learn three strategies to help students feel calm and confident in math and create a learning environment in which all students thrive.
Students with math learning challenges have to work harder than their peers to learn and do math, and can easily burn out and shut down due to mental exhaustion.
Learn how, when, and why struggling math students hit cognitive overload when they’re doing math, and learn three ways to create learning experiences that keep students energized and engaged.
Dr. Adena Young is a licensed educational psychologist and credentialed school psychologist who believes in creating positive and meaningful math learning experiences for all students.
Drawing on her dual backgrounds in math education and educational psychology, she has created unique interventions for struggling math students to help them overcome their learning challenges and become successful math learners.
Years in math education
Invited talks
Hours implementing math interventions
Including work with:
Adena Young Psychology, INC is approved by the Texas Education Agency to provide Continuing Professional Education to Texas educators. You can verify our CPE Approved Provider status here.
Only $97 for a limited time
Address individual student needs without additional prep or teaching time
Start integrating strategies into your existing lessons right away
Provide rich learning experiences for not only students with learning challenges, but all students
Help students connect with concepts and develop true mathematical understanding
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