Helping children with Down syndrome to develop clearer speech

Helping children with Down syndrome to develop clearer speech People with Down syndrome often struggle to express themselves clearly. This can be frustrating and a significant obstacle in daily life and in education. Speech clarity is one of the most common concerns identified by families of children with Down syndrome. To help children with Down syndrome develop clearer speech, we are developing new, evidence-based resources to practice speech sound recognition, discrimination and production, combining speech sounds, and saying and repeating whole words and phrases. DSE's See and Learn Speech resources begin with See and Learn Playing with Sounds, offering activities to expose young children to individual speech sounds, to teach them to distinguish between sounds and to encourage them to imitate and practice saying individual sounds. Next, See and Learn Putting Sounds Together provides activities to help children practice saying simple vowel-consonant combinations and symbolic sounds. NEW EDITIONS AND APPS COMING SOON - New versions of See and Learn Playing with Sounds and See and Learn Putting Sounds Together will be available both as apps and as printed kits in late October. Following from See and Learn Putting Sounds Together, See and Learn Saying Words offers activities to practice saying whole words in sets of words beginning with the same sound. Research suggests that repeated practice saying whole words can improve speech clarity for young people with Down syndrome. Together with See and Learn Saying More Words and See and Learn Saying Later Words, DSE's speech resources offer structured activities to encourage regular speech practice. AVAILABLE NOW - Our new See and Learn Saying Words, See and Learn Saying More Words and See and Learn Saying Later Words apps are available to download now for iPads, Android tablets and Windows 8.1 tablets and PCs. Our apps include both UK and US English resources, guides and record forms. UK English printed editions of See and Learn Saying Words, See and Learn Saying More Words and See and Learn Saying Later Words are also now available to order from our UK online store. (Printed US English editions will be available soon from our US online store.)

Saying Words See and Learn Saying Words provides simple activities that encourage the imitation and repetition of one- and two-syllable words. It includes eight sets of words, each starting with a speech sound that usually develops early in typical development (b, d, m, p, y, n, w and h). Saying More Words See and Learn Saying More Words continues to introduce target words representing a range of vowel-consonant combinations and vocabulary suitable for younger children and likely to follow developmentally from those introduced in Saying Words (c/k, ch, f, g, r, t and v). Saying Later Words See and Learn Saying Later Words includes activities to practice six sets of one or two syllable words beginning with sounds that typically develop following those introduced in See and Learn Saying More Words (sh, th, s, z, l, and j).

See and Learn Speech webinar Join us on Friday for a free webinar to learn more about our See and Learn Speech resources and how they are designed to help children with Down syndrome develop clearer speech. Find out more...

Support better education for children with Down syndrome For over 30 years, DSE has advanced our understanding of the needs of children with Down syndrome and pioneered better teaching approaches. Our research and resources help over 130,000 people in over 190 countries worldwide each year. Our work for young people with Down syndrome and their families around the world depends on the generous support of our donors. We need your support to fund vital new research, to develop and evaluate new and improved teaching resources, and to develop and provide more effective training for teachers, teaching assistants and therapists. Help us ensure a better future for children with Down syndrome today. Donate

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