Practical ideas for primary staff on setting up the environment, task and equipment to support a pupil’s handwriting and tool use, using an occupational therapy approach.
Guidance for primary staff on teaching blending to a pupil with Down syndrome in small steps, starting with listening to an adult’s sounds, with example IEP targets.
Guidance for primary staff on helping a pupil with Down syndrome use their sight words in reading and writing, including making adapted reading books, with example IEP targets.
Scene-by-scene summaries of Romeo and Juliet, simplified to functional skills levels, with multiple choice questions. Helps secondary students with Down syndrome follow the play and check their understanding.
Scene-by-scene summaries of Macbeth, simplified to functional skills levels, with multiple choice questions. Helps secondary students with Down syndrome follow the play and check their understanding.
Scene-by-scene summaries of Julius Caesar, simplified to functional skills levels, with multiple choice questions. Helps secondary students with Down syndrome follow the play and check their understanding.
Guidance for secondary staff on supporting literacy for students with Down syndrome, combining sight words, phonics and language work within lessons. Helps students keep making progress in reading and writing.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage D, video 6, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage D, video 4, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Example pages showing simple sentences such as ‘I like painting’ and ‘I played in the sand’. Help families and staff build personal books that support a child’s language.
