Down Syndrome: Neurobehavioural SpecificityISBN: 978-0-470-01948-1
Paperback
234 pages
September 2006
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People with Down Syndrome show a specific developmental profile
with strengths in social understanding and visual learning and
memory, and more difficulties with motor processes, speech and
language, and auditory-vocal short-term memory. It is important
that parents, practitioners and teachers know this and adapt
interventions and educational approaches to take account of this
particular profile.
This is the only book to date that explains the developmental profile of people with Down Syndrome from its many different angles. It covers a range of perspectives, including the biology, psychology, speech and language, health care, and social competence of both children and adults with Down Syndrome. All the information is gathered and placed in the context of the neuro-genetic science that is developing around this area.