Under 21 veckor fram till World Down Syndrome Day 2015 lyfter Down Syndrome Education International fram 21 exempel på hur pedagogisk forskning hjälper personer med Downs syndrom och varför det är viktigt:
- Signing improves early vocabulary learning and communication
- Verbal short term memory presents specific difficulties
- Reading can be a strength and support learning and language
- Learning to talk is a particular challenge
- Not global delay, but a profile of strengths and weaknesses
- Inclusive education can provide better language and academic outcomes
- Social strengths offer advantages, but not Always
- Developing clear speech is a particular challenge
- Learning about numbers is difficult
- Autism in Down syndrome is not typical autism
- Children with Down syndrome can be as motivated as other Children
- Different early interventions have different outcomes: Responsive Teaching
- Behavioural approaches in early intervention
- Training attention skills may improve later learning outcomes
- The intensity of interventions matters – but how much?
- Sleep problems are common and impact learning, development, health and family Life
- People with Down syndrome may see the world differently
- Hearing loss is common and impacts speech and language development
- Motor development matters for cognition, language and social development
- Executive functions influence most daily activities
- Play provides important foundations for social competence