For Children and Adults with Down Syndrome: Strategies to Survive and Thrive Despite Challenges of Concrete Thought and Behavior
Date: Wednesday, 23. February 2022, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Speaker: Dr. Dennis E. McGuire Translation: Croatian, Czech, German, French, Turkish, and Ukrainian Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2316445046016/WN_1omyEfP9RPG4CdNCE9mdrQ Children and adults with Down syndrome can survive and thrive despite concrete forms of thinking and behaving, which may greatly limit communication, flexibility, and adaptive-ness to change, as well […]
Dietary supplements for children with Down Syndrome: do they really have beneficial effects?
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 17.00 CET, per Zoom, Speaker: Sandra van der Haar Translation: Croatian, Czech, German, French, Turkish and Ukrainian Webinar’s record from 19 January 2022 is ready to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/edsachannel Dietary supplements are popular among parents of children with Down syndrome. Several manufacturers claim beneficial effects on health and cognitive functioning […]
COVID-19 and Down syndrome
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 17.00 CET, via Zoom Speakers: Bianca Streng and Regina LambertsTranslation: Croatian, Czech, French, and Ukrainian. The Webinar’s recording is from 15 December 2021. Individuals with Down syndrome are at risk for severe COVID-19, resulting in a higher hospitalization rate and increased mortality. The older population, in particular, is at the highest […]
Love, friendship, sex: let‘s talk about them now! with Anna Contardi
Date: Wednesday, 17. November 2021, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Love, friendship, sex: let‘s talk about them now! How to accompany people with DS to discover their affectivity and sexuality The sexual development and needs for affectivity and sexuality of people with Down syndrome are the same as those of everyone else, and living them […]
Supporting Positive Behavior in Children and Teens with Down Syndrome: The respond but don’t react method with Dr. David Stein
Date: Wednesday, 20. Oktober 2021, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Behavior problems impact 30% of children with Down syndrome. Left untreated, these same children often exhibit behavior problems as adults, limiting work and independent living opportunities. Many behavioral management tools are less effective for children with DS. This workshop will present the basic neuroscience of Down syndrome […]
Serious illness in children with Down Syndrome with Dr. Elizabeth Herrieven
Date: Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Serious illness in children with Down Syndrome People with Down’s syndrome are at increased risk of serious illness.Dr. Elizabeth Herrieven shall be reviewing some of the reasons for this, discussing what can be done to keep people healthy and explaining some of the warning signs […]
Mathematics for learners with Down syndrome – strategies for successful learning across the lifespan.
Speaker: Associate Professor Rhonda Faragher, PhD, University of Queensland, AustraliaThe webinar’s recording is from 26 May 2021. This presentation gives an overview of learning mathematics by students with Down syndrome from the early years to adulthood. Common challenges and strategies to work around them will be presented. Biography Rhonda Faragher (PhD) is an Associate Professor […]
Sleep disturbances in persons with Down syndrome: importance of detection and intervention as early as possible
Speaker: Jaqueline London, Emeritus Professor, Université de Paris, France.The webinar’s recording is from 21 April 2021. Down syndrome (DS, also called trisomy 21) is characterised by many developmental abnormalities, including intellectual disability, which could be related at least to sleep disturbances. Sleep disturbances in early childhood of persons with DS have been mostly underestimated, especially […]
An estimation of the number of people with Down Syndrome in Europe with Frank Buckley and Gert de Graaf
How many people with Down Syndrome live in Europe as a whole, and how many in the different European countries? What is their age distribution? How have changes in survival rates influenced the numbers alive? What is the effect of prenatal testing and selective terminations on the number of live births of children with Down […]
Promoting strengths and adaptive resources in persons with Down syndrome with Dennis McGuire
Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Participants will learn of the unique behavioral characteristics of people with DS, including self-talk, repetitious “grooves” (obsessions and compulsions), visual (photographic-like) memory, receptivity to visual cues, as well as emotional radar and sensitivity to others. These characteristics may be very beneficial, but they may also […]