Get tested when you suspect that you or your child have trouble with math. Math is an important topic in school and an ounce of prevention will be worth a pound of re-mediation later.
When children miss basic components of Math early on during their school career it will impact their performance later and as Math is taught in a cumulative way, the issue will become bigger over time. Developing Math Anxiety is a serious possibility.
Doing the Math and Dyscalculia Screening Test will give you a great indication if there is a chance that you or your child have the Math Learning Disability or Dyscalculia. It also gives you a great profile of where gaps exist so you can seek help and get a headstart with tutoring.
New Research has now confirmed that counting using fingers is an important tool to learn to count and calculate. Preventing the use of fingers when the concepts have not been understood yet, is not helpful. The practice to stop the use of fingers for children at a particular age is not helpful, rather teachers should pay attention to the development stage the children are in and if the concepts have been understood.