SESS Advice Sheets on Down Syndrome
Other Resources and References
The following Advice Sheets were prepared by SESS with the assistance of Fidelma Brady, former Education Officer with Down Syndrome Ireland. Click to download [all sheets are PDF, between 100 and 150 Kb]:
- Tips for Consideration: Post-Primary [2]
- Learning to Read: Teaching Sight Vocabulary and Meaningful Words [3]
- Modifying Worksheets [4]
- Behaviour Management Strategies [5]
- Observation Window for Parents [6] (This may assist teachers in the planning for the individual pupil)
- Possible Difficulties Associated with Mathematics [7]
- Teaching Number [8]
- Strategies to Promote Language [9]
- Acquiring Basic Skills in Maths [10]
- Including Children with Down Syndrome in Your School: Practical Information and Strategies for Primary Schools. Down Syndrome Ireland (2004).
Click here to download publication [PDF, 6.41MB] [11] - Including Teenagers with Down Syndrome in Your School. Down Syndrome Ireland ( 2004)
Click here to download publication [PDF, 6.21MB] [12] - Individual Educational Planning - A Case Study from SESS Cabhair Newsletter.
Click here to download case study [PDF, 116Kb] [13] - Guidelines for Teachers of Students with General Learning Disabilities, NCCA. These guidelines offer support for the learning and teaching of pupils with mild, moderate, severe and profound general learning disabilites. The guidelines are related to subject areas at both primary and post-primary level.
Click here for NCCA Guidelines [14]
As part of its Supports Scheme, the SESS also subsidises the online course ' Down Syndrome: Educating Children with Down syndrome in Mainstream Education ' by ICEP Europe. Check www.icepe.ie [15] for further information.
- Down’s Syndrome Association (UK), website:
http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk [16]
[especially see Down’s Syndrome Association education section here ... [17] ] - Down’s Syndrome Scotland, website:
http://www.dsscotland.org.uk [18] - Down Syndrome Educational International, website:
http://www.downsed.org [19] - Down Syndrome Ireland, website:
http://www.downsyndrome.ie/ [20] - Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down’s Syndrome (Aalton, S.) Available as a free download from:
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk [21] - Creative Approaches to Teaching and to Differentiation. Available as a free download from The
Down Syndrome Educational Trust:
http://www.down-syndrome.org/practice/324/practice [22] [PDF, 324Kb] - SESS Book Borrowing Library
Click here to access library [23]
- Click here for SESS Book Borrowing Library [23]
- Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners. Horstmeier, D. (Bethesda, 2004)
- Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners: Book 2, Advanced Survival Skills. Horstmeier, D. (Bethesda, 2008)
- Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package. Kelly, A. (Bicester: Speechmark Publishing, 2001)
- Schooling Children with Down Syndrome: Toward An Understanding Of Possibility. Kliewer, C. (New York: Teachers’ College Press, 1998)
- Classroom Language Skills for Children with Down Syndrome. Kumin, L. (Bethesda, 2001)
- Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals. Kumin, L. (Bethesda, 2003)
- Enhancing Self-Esteem In The Classroom. Lawrence, D. (Paul Chapman Publishing, 1996)
- Children with Down’s Syndrome: A Guide for Teachers and Support Assistants in Mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools. Lorenz, S. (David Fulton Publishers, 1998)
- Teaching Reading To Children With Down Syndrome – A Guide For Parents And Teachers. Oelwein, P.L. (Bethesda,1995)
- Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners, Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House. Horstmeier, D. (2004)
- Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners: Book 2, Advanced Survival Skills. Horstmeier, D (2008) , MD: Woodbine House.
Other Resources and References
- Education Support Pack for Schools (winner of the NASEN/TES Book Award 2003)
Click here for Education Pack [17] - Voices of people with Down Syndrome, and their families (US) - a series of personal blogs.
Click here for Voices [24]
