Explain How To Support Children With Down Syndrome
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Down’s syndrome is a disorder caused by a fault of the chromosomes; the pieces of DNA containing the outline for the human body. Normally a person has two copies of each chromosome but a person with Down syndrome has three copies. The extra DNA produces the physical and mental sort of Down syndrome, which include a small head that is flattened in the back, slanted eye, extra skin folds at the corners of the eyes, small ears, nose and mouth, short height, small hands and feet and some degree of mental disability.
Having worked with a boy, aged 2, with Down syndrome, I understand what practitioners go through to support children with Down syndrome.
Children with Down syndrome can be delayed in their development, their social factors may …show more content…
For children it will be especially hard, with support and help the can overcome these. In special schools and mainstream schools children will be greeted with barriers.
You should never feel like you cannot overcome barriers and children shouldn’t be made to just ignore it and feel like they can’t do it. Schools should adapt to the child’s needs even if it means changing the setting. Adapting to the child’s needs is vital. For example putting a ramp in where stairs are so that a child in a wheelchair can access all areas of their school. By not doing things like this can seriously discourage them with their learning, social development and many more.
It may be that the child has a communication barrier. This means that the child may not have English as a first language or may speak very little or nothing at all. By overcoming this barrier you can teach others their language or if you have a teacher in that can speak their language it may be worth having one to one lessons or calling in a language specialist. In previous placements there will always be displays or posters around having different ways of saying things in different languages. You normally will see that most settings have ‘welcome’ written by the door in various different
Down’s syndrome is a disorder caused by a fault of the chromosomes; the pieces of DNA containing the outline for the human body. Normally a person has two copies of each chromosome but a person with Down syndrome has three copies. The extra DNA produces the physical and mental sort of Down syndrome, which include a small head that is flattened in the back, slanted eye, extra skin folds at the corners of the eyes, small ears, nose and mouth, short height, small hands and feet and some degree of mental disability.
Having worked with a boy, aged 2, with Down syndrome, I understand what practitioners go through to support children with Down syndrome.
Children with Down syndrome can be delayed in their development, their social factors may …show more content…
For children it will be especially hard, with support and help the can overcome these. In special schools and mainstream schools children will be greeted with barriers.
You should never feel like you cannot overcome barriers and children shouldn’t be made to just ignore it and feel like they can’t do it. Schools should adapt to the child’s needs even if it means changing the setting. Adapting to the child’s needs is vital. For example putting a ramp in where stairs are so that a child in a wheelchair can access all areas of their school. By not doing things like this can seriously discourage them with their learning, social development and many more.
It may be that the child has a communication barrier. This means that the child may not have English as a first language or may speak very little or nothing at all. By overcoming this barrier you can teach others their language or if you have a teacher in that can speak their language it may be worth having one to one lessons or calling in a language specialist. In previous placements there will always be displays or posters around having different ways of saying things in different languages. You normally will see that most settings have ‘welcome’ written by the door in various different