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RECOMMENDED READING
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
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