Re: Re: Fwd: Improving education for children with Down syndrome in 2012

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Subject: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Re: Fwd: Improving education for children with Down syndrome in 2012To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 2:58 AM

DSEI are major players in trying to discredit nutritional supplementation, herbal therapies, and the like, for people with DSI quit their email list a long time ago. I refuse to support them. Their app called Special Words is crap too. WAY too slow to be useful and Etel hates it. It's basically one big test. Liora>> View this email in a web> browser...<http://dsemail.org/9MS-NFK4-91114QBI7D/cr.aspx> December> 27, 2011> > *Today, children with Down syndrome are learning more than ever before> thanks to

developmental research. In 2012, our research will deliver more> than ever before to improve education for children with Down syndrome> everywhere.*> > When my daughter was born 42 years ago, she had no right to education> because few believed people with Down syndrome could learn. Only 30 years> ago, when I began our first research into early reading, I was told by some> that I was wasting my time.> > Since then, developmental research has repeatedly shown what children with> Down syndrome can achieve when given the right opportunities.> > Today, many children are benefiting from evidence-based approaches in early> intervention and education.> > These changes are transforming the lives of many thousands of children with> Down syndrome around the world today.> Our contribution> > Many scientists have contributed to these

advances - not only those> employed and sponsored by DSE. We have played (and continue to play) a> vital role undertaking and sponsoring new studies, encouraging> collaboration among researchers around the world, and ensuring that> research is translated into everyday teaching practice.> Our achievements in 2011> > During the past year alone, we have completed two ground-breaking> randomized controlled trials of reading and language and memory training> interventions, published new early learning resources, helped to begin to> bring change to the services available for people with Down syndrome and> their families in Eastern Europe, and provided reliable, evidence-based> advice and information to over 120,000 people worldwide - reaching 20,000> more than in 2010 - through our publications and training services.> Our plans for 2012> > Over the

coming year, we will publish our new reading and language teaching> scheme for school children with Down syndrome. This scheme has been> rigorously tested in a large randomized controlled trial - the first ever> for children with Down syndrome. We will work to ensure this scheme> improves teaching for over 30,000 children with Down syndrome within the> first two years following the global launch in June 2012.> > We will continue to publish further steps in our *See and Learn* early> learning programs helping to support early speech, language and reading,> memory and number skills development, and to develop more translations and> adaptations. *See and Learn* programs are already helping over 20,000> children.> > We will overhaul and update our most popular web sites, making them easier> to navigate and ensuring that they continue to offer the most

up-to-date,> evidence-based information available to the 15,000 people who visit them> each week.> > We expect to start major new research studies, based in both the US and the> UK. We will evaluate new approaches to improving reading comprehension,> supporting early language learning, improving speech clarity, training> short-term and working memory and strengthening problem solving skills.> > We are confident that our practical and targeted developmental research> will lead to further breakthroughs for children with Down syndrome of all> ages and abilities. Through our publications and services we will ensure> that these breakthroughs continue to help children with Down syndrome> everywhere.> The best return on investment> > The developmental research that DSE supports is practical and has a solid> track record of delivering real

improvements in the lives of people with> Down syndrome. We do not promise miracles, but we do promise continued> improvements in educational outcomes and life opportunities today and> tomorrow.> > At a time when the budgets of many governments, charities and families are> increasingly constrained, being able to demonstrate what really does help> children with Down syndrome ensures that scarce resources deliver the best> results.> > Developmental research helps schools, therapists, early years services and> charities to continually improve their services. By improving the services> provided with taxpayers' and donors' funding, this research ensures that> many thousands of children with Down syndrome will have the opportunities> to achieve more for years to come.> How you can help> > *You can help us by donating - either to Down Syndrome

Education> International <http://dsemail.org/9MS-NFK4-114QBI-8YH8W-1/c.aspx> (a UK> charity) or to Down Syndrome Education> USA<http://dsemail.org/9MS-NFK4-114QBI-8YH8X-1/c.aspx>(a US> nonprofit).> *> > You can also help us by encouraging others to give – perhaps by encouraging> families and friends to consider donations, or by organizing a fundraising> event.> > However you choose to help and however much you can afford to give, you can> be sure that your support will ensure that opportunities and outcomes> continue to improve for people with Down syndrome, helping them to live> ever more fulfilling lives.> > Thank you for your support.>

> *Professor Sue Buckley OBE*> Director of Research> Down Syndrome Education International> * Developmental research has consistently delivered** substantial> improvements in the lives of young people with Down syndrome for over three> decades*> *DSE plays a vital role** undertaking and sponsoring new studies and> ensuring that research is translated into everyday teaching practice*> *During the past year alone, we have completed * *two ground-breaking> randomized controlled trials** of reading and language and memory training> interventions*> *Our * * new, rigorously-evaluated reading and language teaching> scheme**for school children will be launched in mid-2012> *> *We will continue to publish further steps in our See and Learn** early> learning programs*> *In 2012, we expect to start * *major new research studies**, based in>

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