Memory development for individuals with Down syndrome

By: Buckley, Sue.

Contributor(s): Bird, Gillian.

Series: Down Syndrome Issues and Information.Publisher: Southsea Down Syndrome Educational Trust 2000Description: vi, 38 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 1903806011.Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME

| MEMORY

| SHORT TERM MEMORY

| HEARING PROBLEMS

| INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

| INTERVENTION

| STRATEGIES

Contents:

Introduction|The working memory system Measuring working memory skills|Memory development for children with Down syndrome|What influences working memory development during childhood?|The importance of memory development for children with Down syndrome|Memory training for children with Down syndrome|Evidence from training studies The effects of inclusion in mainstream schools|Implications for activities to improve working memory function|Intervention strategies Mainstream education and reading instruction Reducing hearing difficulties Activities to improve phonological loop function Activities to improve attention and to increase processing capacity Activities to improve remembering lists or numbers of items|Summary|References

Summary: "Aspects of the working memory system seem to be specifically impaired in children and adults with Down syndrome and these impairments could explain much of the difficulty that the children have in learning to talk, in general cognitive development and learning in some classroom situations... Drawing on research into the development of working memory in typically developing children, possible ways of improving basic memory function are discussed... In the last section of this module practical games and activities which may help memory development are described." - INTRODUCTION

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Introduction|The working memory system
Measuring working memory skills|Memory development for children with Down syndrome|What influences working memory development during childhood?|The importance of memory development for children with Down syndrome|Memory training for children with Down syndrome|Evidence from training studies
The effects of inclusion in mainstream schools|Implications for activities to improve working memory function|Intervention strategies
Mainstream education and reading instruction
Reducing hearing difficulties
Activities to improve phonological loop function
Activities to improve attention and to increase processing capacity
Activities to improve remembering lists or numbers of items|Summary|References

"Aspects of the working memory system seem to be specifically impaired in children and adults with Down syndrome and these impairments could explain much of the difficulty that the children have in learning to talk, in general cognitive development and learning in some classroom situations... Drawing on research into the development of working memory in typically developing children, possible ways of improving basic memory function are discussed... In the last section of this module practical games and activities which may help memory development are described." - INTRODUCTION

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