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Down Syndrome in Special Education

 

 What is Down  Syndrome? 

In condition of down syndrome or down's syndrome a baby born with an extra chromosome of their 21st chromosome, it is also known as Trisomy 21.

             In child with down syndrome, one of the chromosome doesn't separate properly. The baby ends up with 3 copies or an extra partial copy of chromosome 21 instead of two. This extra chromosome causes problems the brain and physical features to develop.

Symptoms at birth time -

Babies with down syndrome usually have certain characteristics -

a) short neck (b) atypically shaped ears (c) poor muscle tone (d) small head and ears (e) bulging tongue.

Treating Down Syndrome

There's no cure for down syndrome but there's a wide variety of support and educational programs that can help both people with the condition and their families.

Interventions in early age is very helpful for improvement in conditions and programs with special educators  and therapists will help the child to learn-

a) Sensory Skills

b) Social Skills

c) Self Help Skills

d) Motor Skills

e) Language And Cognitive Abilities.


Children with down syndrome may learn more slowly than other children but schooling allows valuable socialization and help the  children with down syndrome to build important life skills.

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