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A Practical Guide to Educating Learners with Down Syndrome: Supporting Lifelong Learning

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Rhonda M Faragher Australian author

  • A Practical Guide to Educating Learners with Down Syndrome

226 pages
2023
ISBN: 9780367206512

Educating learners with Down syndrome can seem daunting at first, but this practical guide for teachers and carers to using evidence-based practices shows you how.

Taking a unique lifespan, curriculum-based approach, Rhonda M. Faragher promotes the understanding that people with Down syndrome are a diverse group with vast potential and varied learning needs. The book covers core learning areas such as literacy, numeracy, mathematics, science, and the Humanities, and features key points from the research literature, teaching strategies, practitioner vignettes, and personal stories from people with Down syndrome. It considers learning from birth and early intervention, through primary and secondary school, to post-secondary education and into various contexts of adulthood.

Drawing on the latest research, this guide for educators is rich with strategies, as well as tips from other parents and teachers, providing an accessible and empowering resource for the delivery of quality education to benefit learners with Down syndrome.

Key features:

  • A practical, evidence-based guide to educating students with Down syndrome
  • Takes a lifespan, curriculum-based approach
  • Includes practitioner vignettes and personal accounts from people with Down syndrome
  • Covers core curriculum areas such as literacy, numeracy, science and the humanities
  • Promotes the understanding of students with Down syndrome as a diverse group, with vast potential and varied learning needs

Table of Contents

Part I: An introduction to Down syndrome

  1. Welcome
  2. Understanding Down syndrome

Part II: Issues in learning and teaching

3. The education adventure begins

4. Building on strengths

5. Learning in inclusive classrooms

6. Including a student with Down syndrome in your class

7. Learning outside the classroom in inclusive settings

Part III: The curriculum across the lifespan

8. Language and communication

9. Reading as one aspect of literacy learning

10. Learning mathematics: making a start

11. Mathematics in secondary school

12. Learning across the curriculum

Part IV: Learning in life contexts

13. Learning at home

14. Learning in the workplace

15. Studying post-secondary education

16. Literacy

17. Numeracy

Part V: Epilogue

18. Epilogue: final words from our contributors with Down syndrome

"Let there be no doubt: people with Down syndrome can and do continue to learn throughout their lifetimes. This practical book equips teachers and parents with the necessary tools to maximize the potential."
- Dr. Brian Skotko, Emma Campbell Endowed Chair on Down Syndrome, Massachusetts General Hospital & Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA.

"Not only will you be able to read a book that contains the latest information available on inclusive practices in education, but you will also get the perspective of people with Down syndrome, contributors to this book. This is a handbook on inclusion and inclusive education for educators and parents everywhere."
- Dr Claudia Moreira, Scientific Advisor on Down Syndrome Research, Brazil.

"This is a brilliant, much needed resource for both education professionals and parents. It’s also great to hear from the learners themselves about what they think worked best for them."
- Carol Boys, Chief Executive, Down’s Syndrome Association, UK