Down syndrome across the life-span

Down syndrome across the life-span /

This book promotes a positive message for people with Down syndrome across the world. Living with Down Syndrome is a positive experience for the majority of children and adults with Down syndrome, and for their families. Of course there are difficulties to be faced, but quality of life, from infancy...

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Corporate Author: World Congress on Down Syndrome Sydney, N.S.W.
Other Authors: Cuskelly, Monica, Jobling, Anne, Buckley, Sue
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Whurr, 2002
Subjects:
Down syndrome > Popular works.
Down syndrome.
People with mental disabilities.
Down Syndrome
Education of Intellectually Disabled
Persons with Mental Disabilities
mentally handicapped.
Popular works.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Beyond the myths: representing people with Down syndrome / Jan Gothard
  • Learning in young children with Down syndrome: public perceptions, empirical evidence / Jennifer G. Wishart
  • Self-regulation in children and young people with Down syndrome / Sheila Glenn and Cliff Cunningham
  • What matters most? A reflection on a quarter century of early childhood intervention / Robin Treloar and Susan Cairns
  • Making inclusion work: improving educational outcomes for students with Down syndrome in the regular classroom / Loretta R. Giorcelli
  • Cognitive development and education: perspectives on Down syndrome from a twenty-year research programme / Susan Buckley and Gillian Bird
  • Broadening approaches to literacy education for young adults with Down syndrome / Christina E. van Kraayenoord [and others]
  • Numeracy and money management skills in young adults with Down syndrome / Sandra Bochner [and others]
  • Life styles of adults with Down syndrome living at home / Anne Jobling and Monica Cuskelly
  • Some studies involving individuals with Down syndrome and their relevance to a quality of life model / Verity Bottroff [and others]
  • From autonomy to work placement / Anna Contardi
  • An appreciative inquiry about adults with Down syndrome / Susanne Muirhead
  • Multiple perspectives of family life / Monica Cuskelly [and others]
  • Verbal-motor behaviour in persons with Down syndrome / Brian K.V. Maraj [and others].

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