A reading and language intervention for children with Down syndrome : teacher's handbook / Kelly Burgoyne [and 6 others].

By: Burgoyne, Kelly.

Contributor(s): Duff, Fiona | Clarke, Paula | Smith, Glynnis | Buckley, Sue | Snowling, Maggie | Hulme, Charles | Downsed International [issuing body.] | University of York [issuing body.].

Publisher: Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria : Down Syndrome Education International, 2016Copyright date: 2016Edition: Third edition.Description: 136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm DVDA, DVDB, CD.Content type: two-dimensional moving image | text | text Media type: computer | video | unmediated Carrier type: computer disc | videodisc | volumeISBN: 9781782612872.Subject(s): DOWN SYNDROME

| CHILDREN

| READING

| LITERACY SKILLS

| LANGUAGE INTERVENTION

| TEACHING METHODS

| ASSESSMENT

Contents:

1. Introducing the reading and language intervention. - 2. Down syndrome. - 3. Reading strand: Introduction. - Initial reading skills assessment. - Running records. - Book grading and selection. - Teaching book reading. - Teaching sight word reading. - Teching letters, sound and phonology. - 5. Record keeping and general teaching guidance. - 6. The evaluation study. - 7. References and glossary.

Summary: "Our goal in writing this handbook is to help improve reading and language teaching for children with Down syndrome. Although most children with Down syndrome experience significant speech and language delays there is growing evidence that many can develop useful levels of literacy skills... n this book we describe an intervention that we developed and evaluated with children with Down syndrome in the UK." - PREFACE

List(s) this item appears in: Down syndrome and education Jan 2021

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Kit	IHC Library	Wellington Down Syndrome Association	730 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		W0012089

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Kit contains: 1 teacher's handbook, 2 video DVDs, 1 resources CD).

Previous edition: September, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and glossary.

"Our goal in writing this handbook is to help improve reading and language teaching for children with Down syndrome. Although most children with Down syndrome experience significant speech and language delays there is growing evidence that many can develop useful levels of literacy skills... n this book we describe an intervention that we developed and evaluated with children with Down syndrome in the UK." - PREFACE

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