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Welcome — The Math Trauma Patient

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The Math Trauma Patient

Restoring the Shut-Down Learner

Welcome. This course is an emergency-room approach to math anxiety — the systemic failure of confidence that leaves capable students "flatlining" the moment a problem feels hard. You'll leave with high-impact, ready-to-run routines that jump-start curiosity and trade self-doubt for a pulse of empowerment.

Who this is for: interventionists, coaches, and classroom teachers on the front lines of Texas math classrooms — anyone who has watched a student give up before they've begun.

How this course works


  • Self-paced. Move through the sections in order; each builds on the last.
  • Try the routines yourself. You'll experience each activity as a learner before you're asked to reflect on it as a teacher.
  • Reflection prompts replace the live turn-and-talks. Jot your responses in a notebook or your LMS journal — they're where the real learning sticks.
  • A short knowledge check closes the course.

Your Facilitator

David Henson 

Chief Academic Officer, Bold Math Solutions LLC. 

Thirty-plus years in Texas math education, Desmos Fellow, and frequent CAMT & NCTM presenter.

David Henson CAO

Course roadmap

SectionWhat you'll do
1. Diagnosing the PatientName math anxiety and see what the research says about why it shuts learning down.
2. Understanding the TraumaConnect medical trauma to math trauma; surface the opinions students carry.
3. First Responders: Low-Anxiety RoutinesExperience Which One Doesn't Belong?, Estimation 180, and Slow Reveal Graphs.
4. Knowledge Check & Next StepsApply what you've learned and grab the exemplars.

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