EARLY INTERVENTION AND LEARNING APPROACH TO CHILDRENWITH DOWN SYNDROME
Abstract:
The child with the Down syndrome develops a variety of skills. Because of the major
differences among the individual possibilities of each child, it is important to take into account each
child and not to stop to preconceived ideas. Early intervention offers activities designed to suport the
evolution of the child with development delays. It puts the child in the forefront, offers emotional support
to the family and information about rights and services. Ideally, the itinerant teachers should have the
adequate training and necessary experience, but the volunteers and other parents may offer those
services. It is easy for the families to overestimate the special activities and underestimate the daily
experiences and contribution of the parents to the children’s development. Family life should be in the
foremost and we shouldn’t get involved in many additional activities for the children with Down
syndrome.
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