Teaching pre-writing skills to the student with Down syndrome / Written and compiled by Lorraine Forrest-Smith, edited by Vicki Brown

Learning to write. - Specific areas of difficulty. - Developing fine motor skills. - The Pre-Writing program. - Pre-Writing stages. - Teaching Pre-Writing skills. - Teachning tracing letters. - Tracing cues for lower case. - Tracing cues for upper case. - Teaching tracing name skills. - Teaching copying letters. - Teaching copying name skills. - Teaching letters from memory. - Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check sheet. - Teaching spelling skills. - Practicing spelling skills. - Tachining name from memory.

The develpoment of prewiting skills is particularly important for children wit Down syndrome. These skills refer to the ability to form letters correctly. Learning to write will not take place in a random fashion. The specific areas of difficulty experienced by most children with Down syndrome, preclude them from learning to form letters from observing what others are doing.

A structured pre-writing skills programme is required for children with Down syndrome to achieve success in individual letter formation , in preparation for writing words.