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Babies with Down Syndrome:
A New Parents' Guide, 2nd Edition This book is recommended for ALL new parents of children with Down syndrome. It is the primer for understanding Down syndrome issues facing parents and families. The guide covers such issues as emotional support, daily care, early intervention, special ed, legal and medical issues. $15.95, isbn# 0-933149-64-6 (Also available in Spanish) WoodbineHouse Medical & Surgical Care
for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents Much-needed medical and surgical information in easy-to-understand language. Topics include medical decision making, preventative care, anesthesia concerns, heart disease, thyroid problems, skin conditions, gastrointestinal problems, leukemia, reproductive issues, ENT problems, orthopedic conditions, dental issues, and much more. $14.95 isbn# 0-933149-54-9 WoodbineHouse The Down Syndrome Nutrition
Handbook; A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Improve nutrition and manage weight with this book for healthy living for people with Down syndrome from birth to young adulthood. The author has a child with Down syndrome and is a registered dietitian. Topics include: breast and bottle feeding; basic nutrition and physiology; celiac disease, diabetes, alternative therapies, food and school, weight management, Fitness and exercise, Cooking and menu planning, and Education activities. $19.95 isbn# 1-890627-23-2 WoodbineHouse Early Communication Skills
for Children with Down Syndrome, A Guide for Parents and Professionals,
2nd Edition This guide explains the role of the speech-language pathologist and how they work to maximize communication development. Communication delays, possibly brought on or compounded by some characteristics of Down syndrome can lead to additional problems when children do not have intelligible speech and cannot communicate their needs. This is an expanded version of the first book, Communication Skills in Children with Down Syndrome. It focuses on speech and language development from birth through the stage of making 3-word phrases. It offers parents information on intelligibility issues, hearing loss, apraxia (difficulty planning oral-motor movements), and other factors that affect communication for children with Down syndrome. It explains how to prepare for and understand the results of a speech-language assessment, and goes on to describe what to expect in the years ahead when a child enters elementary school. Topics also include information on augmentative and alternative communication and other high- and low-tech supplemental communication options as well as articulation and literacy. $19.95 isbn# 1-890627-27-5 WoodbineHouse
1999 Parents' Choice
Award. What are fine motor skills? Very simply they are the hand skills
that allow us to do things like hold a pencil, cut with scissors, eat
with a fork, or use a computer. This guide describes fine motor skill
development in children with Down syndrome from birth through age 12.
Many age-appropriate activities for practicing hand skills are included
in this book, with step-by-step instructions and photographs. Broad categories
of skills are covered, including self-help, school activities, and leisure
and recreation. $16.95 Gross Motor Skills in Children
with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals The author is a physical
therapist who shares her expertise and experience gained from sixteen-year
specializing in the motor development of children with Down syndrome.
This guide provides parents and professionals with information about motor
development. Over 100 activities and accompanying photos make it easy
to practice motor skills with infants and children through age six. Lists
of motor milestones included at the end of each chapter and in the appendix
are useful in tracking a child's progress and determining what to work
on next. Topics include head control, rolling, sitting, crawling, standing,
walking, walking up and down inclines, kicking a ball, walking up and
down stairs, running, jumping, riding a tricycle. Adolescents with Down Syndrome:
Toward a More Fulfilling Life “Expanding
the scope and depth of the classic The Young Person with Down Syndrome,
the authors have incorporated significant scientific advances into their
new volume on the issues that adolescents with this disability face. Written
for health care professionals, psychologists, other developmental disabilities
practitioners, educators, and parents, it covers biomedical concerns;
behavioral, psychological, and psychiatric challenges; and education,
employment, recreation, community, and legal concerns. Contributions from
leading experts lend experience and perspective to this multidisciplinary
resource.” $35.95 ISBN 1-55766-281-9 Brookes Publishing |