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Prenatal Testing and Diagnosis
There are two types of tests for Down syndrome that can be performed before your baby is born: screening tests and diagnostic tests. Prenatal screenings estimate the chance of the fetus having Down syndrome. These tests do not tell you for sure whether your fetus has Down syndrome; they only provide a probability. Diagnostic tests, on the other hand, can provide a definitive diagnosis with almost 100 percent accuracy.
Down Syndrome Health Care Guidelines: Adulthood
Down Syndrome Health Care Guidelines: Ages 13-21 Years
Down Syndrome Health Care Guidelines: Ages 5 -13 Years
Down Syndrome Health Care Guidelines: Ages 1 -5 Years
Down Syndrome Infant Health Care Guidelines
Down Syndrome Neonatal Health Care Guidelines
(Based on “Health Supervision for Children with Down Syndrome” as published in Pediatrics August 2011)
Lending Library
The Lending Library, located at the Centre du syndrome de Down
(DSAHRC), has a wide variety of books available to individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and professionals. Books are loaned out for 4 weeks at a time.
Testing at your child's school
Continuum Special Education Service
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Research on specially designed instruction clearly supports high quality instruction provided to the greatest extent possible to meet the student's individualized education program (IEP) in the general education classrooms where students with disabilities have the greatest likelihood or receiving curriculum content delivered by highly qualified teachers. Schools may utilized a variety of combinations of special education supports and services to serve students with disabilities in general education settings and promote meaningful access, participation and progress in the general curriculum, including consultant teacher services, paraprofessional support, resource room services, and integrated co-teaching.
Adults with Down Syndrome: Specialty Clinic Perspectives
Written by By Brian Chicoine, MD, Dennis McGuire, PhD and Stephen Rubin, PhDIn response to a request by the local parent group, a clinic was developed to provide for the medical and psychosocial needs of adults with Down syndrome. One of the concerns of the parents was that their sons and daughters were not receiving an adequate evaluation when they had a decline in function and were being given a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on a presumption that all persons with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease. The thorough evaluation that each patient receives is described. The majority of the adults seen show no decline in function. Of those that showed a decline in function, a small percentage were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but most of those with a decline had a potentially reversible problem and, with treatment, most returned to their premorbid level of function.
Alzheimer's Disease and Down Syndrome
Written by By: Dr. Ira Lott, Professor of Pediatrics University of California at IrvineAlzheimer's Disease, a degenerative neurological disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, personality deterioration and loss of functional motor capabilities, is far more common in individuals with Down syndrome than the general population. However, not all individuals with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer's disease, and even those showing Alzheimer's-type symptoms may not have Alzheimer's disease since other conditions can mimic the symptoms.