Sep/090
New Resource – Down Syndrome: What Teachers Need to Know
Down Syndrome: What Teachers Need to Know DVD
Resource #: DSWD969W
Down Syndrome: What Teachers Need to Know DVD
The most common type of mental retardation is Down Syndrome, the result of an extra chromosome.
It causes different types of health problems and cognitive issues. The health problems generally being vision, hearing, heart and thyroid and as then as the person ages they can develop an Alzheimer type dementia.
Students with Down Syndrome can have cognitive disabilities, motor skill problems, issues speaking, eating & breathing which can make them difficult to understand. A characteristic of Down Syndrome is a short attention span as well as problems with short term memory.
Learn how patience, supervision and discipline can assist you in your classroom with students with down syndrome.
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