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

[Guest guest]

DSEI are major players in trying to discredit nutritional supplementation,

herbal therapies, and the like, for people with DS

I 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

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> 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

> both the US and the UK*

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[Guest guest]

" when I began our first research into early reading, I was told by some

that I was wasting my time. "

That's so interesting. That's almost the exact wording they use about

nutritional support and supplements like Ginkgo, Longvida, etc. for our kids

They are in the dark ages, and they are wrong. Our kids will surpass " hers "

(both literally and figuratively) in every realm.

Liora