No Big Deal Math Program
Dyscalculia is a lifelong learning disability that a person is born with. It does not come from low intelligence, lack of effort, or bad teaching. It does impact understanding of time, money, place value, and number sense. Dyscalculia makes it hard to work with, recognize, and remember numbers, basic math facts, and procedures.
Interventions alone don't help students with dyscalculia the way they help people with weak math foundations or other issues. Dyscalculia makes people lose math information over time (Kaufmann & von Aster, 2012). They may also have a weaker mental number line (Mazzocco et al., 2011). This can cause them to count from 1 every time, or lack mental math strategies.
The right support tools, such as 1-to-100 charts, number lines, and calculators, help students learn math topics while supporting dyscalculia symptoms. But sometimes, it just isn't enough. Students may need more instructional coherence-- better alignment from lesson to practice to assessment. That's where NBD Math can help.
The NBD Math program, an original product of the DTRI, offers online math classes for students with dyscalculia. They also support students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, ASD, anxiety and depressive disorders, or any other reason that makes students fall behind. These classes get all students to grade level math, fast!
Elementary Classes (4th - 5th Grades)
Start strong with a math foundation that makes sense. Perfect for homeschool, brick-and-mortar school, intervention/pull-out services, and out-of-school programs.
Available now: 4th and 5th grades.
Pass high school math and earn graduation credits, while understanding math! Perfect for homeschool, brick-and-mortar school, and grade recovery.
Available now: Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, PreCalculus, Chemistry, and Financial Literacy - one-year, one-semester, and for-credit options available.
In development: Statistics and Physics.
Middle School Classes
(6th - 8th Grades and Pre-Algebra)
Catch struggling students before they enter upper-level math. Perfect for homeschool, brick-and-mortar school, and out-of-school programs.
Available now: 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade/PreAlgebra.
Coming soon: GED Prep
and Math for Adults
The DTRI team is hard at work developing classes for GED prep and classes for adults. Visit often or subscribe for updates!
Every NBD Math course includes explicit instruction, video and text instruction, perfectly aligned assessments, and guidance on manipulatives, support tools, and self-advocacy skills.