Speech, Language and Communication for Individuals with Down Syndrome - An Overview (Down Syndrome Issues & Information) (Pt. 1)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Children with Down syndrome are usually good communicators. They are keen to interact socially right from infancy but they have to rely on non-verbal skills such as gesture for longer than other children because they usually experience significant speech and language delay. Once they start to talk, they make good use of the speech and language skills that they have for the same range of communicative activities as everyone else, particularly if encouraged to do so by sensitive support from those around them at home, at school and in the community. However, they have specific difficulty with...
ISBN(s)
1903806003, 9781903806005
