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Speech and language development for infants with Down syndrome (0-5 years)

By: Buckley, Sue.
Contributor(s): Bird, Gillian.
Series: Down Syndrome Issues & Information.Publisher: Kirkby Lonsdale Down Syndrome Education International 2012Description: vi, 50 p. : ill. col. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9781908335234.Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME | INFANTS | TODDLERS | PRESCHOOLERS | SPEECH DEVELOPMENT | LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT | READING | SIGN LANGUAGE | TEACHING STRATEGIES
Contents:
Introduction|The skills and knowledge needed for talking|The principles of the programme Improving everyday communication Targeting the specific profile of needs Working on speech, language and communication skills in parallel Recording progress and planning The DownsEd checklists|Interactive communication Developing early communication skills : some hints for parents and carers of babies Games to encourage attention : listening and looking Joint attention : looking and listening together Developing intentional communication|Signing|Conversational skills|Speech|Teaching vocabulary Choosing vocabulary to teach Games for vocabulary learning Teaching first words Two words Three words together|Grammar needs to be taught|Overview|Speech and language therapy|References
Summary: "The main aim of this book is to provide practical advice and activities to improve the spoken language of children with Down syndrome. The focus is therefore on learning to understand and to use words and sentences and on developing the sound production skills necessary to produce intelligible speech... The aim is to help each child to develop a spoken vocabulary as quickly as possible and to acquire 400 words or more, used in sentences, by five or six years of age.. There is evidence that this vocabulary size is necessary for the development of grammar and sentence structures and for control over speech sound production. Signs are used with words to accelerate early word comprehension and effective communication, particularly as a bridge to the first 50 to 100 words. When a child has 50 words in his/her signed or spoken vocabulary, reading activities are encouraged to develop the production of two and three words together, early grammar and sentences." - INTRODUCTION
List(s) this item appears in: Down syndrome, Free book. July 2023 | WDSA education workshop. May 2021
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Introduction|The skills and knowledge needed for talking|The principles of the programme
Improving everyday communication
Targeting the specific profile of needs
Working on speech, language and communication skills in parallel
Recording progress and planning
The DownsEd checklists|Interactive communication
Developing early communication skills : some hints for parents and carers of babies
Games to encourage attention : listening and looking
Joint attention : looking and listening together
Developing intentional communication|Signing|Conversational skills|Speech|Teaching vocabulary
Choosing vocabulary to teach
Games for vocabulary learning
Teaching first words
Two words
Three words together|Grammar needs to be taught|Overview|Speech and language therapy|References

"The main aim of this book is to provide practical advice and activities to improve the spoken language of children with Down syndrome. The focus is therefore on learning to understand and to use words and sentences and on developing the sound production skills necessary to produce intelligible speech... The aim is to help each child to develop a spoken vocabulary as quickly as possible and to acquire 400 words or more, used in sentences, by five or six years of age.. There is evidence that this vocabulary size is necessary for the development of grammar and sentence structures and for control over speech sound production. Signs are used with words to accelerate early word comprehension and effective communication, particularly as a bridge to the first 50 to 100 words. When a child has 50 words in his/her signed or spoken vocabulary, reading activities are encouraged to develop the production of two and three words together, early grammar and sentences." - INTRODUCTION

Patron comment on 27/06/2016

Very useful activities for using with children

Patron comment on 15/04/2015

Highly recommend. Information sits alongside the work we are doing in the Johanssen Speech Therapy Programme that is funded by Upside Down Trust for kids with DS in NZ

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