Children with Down’s Syndrome can counter the learning problems caused by the condition if the intervention is early and strong enough. Angela Hurd reports on her communication work with Rosie  and how  her cognitive skills were strengthened

 Researcher Jean  Rondal explored  in 1995 the most commonly cited cognitive problems in people with Down syndrome, all of which to differing degrees, could impact on the cognitive development and learning skills of an individual. She concluded that these primarily included “limited efficiency in information processing, limited attentional capacity, slower reaction time, deficit of auditory-vocal processing, limitation of short term memory, slower retrieval of learned information form long term memory, reduced perceptual discrimination and generalisation capability, deficit of symbolisation capacity and inability with respect to the abstract attitude”. read more...

During 2006-2007 a pilot was carried out using SALLEY in Buckinghamshire involving a range of early years settings from across the county.

Feedback received from the pilot settings indicates that both the training and carrying out the programme has been very beneficial to the setting -read more...