Down's Syndrome PT1
- Created by: Grace.2006
- Created on: 06-12-22 10:05
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- Down's Syndrome
- Symptoms
- Physical
- Upward slanting eyes (palpebral fissures)
- A flatter face
- Small head
- Short neck
- Protuding tongue
- Unusually shaped or small ears
- Poor muscle tone
- Broad, short hands with a single crease in the palm
- Relatively short fingers and small hands and feet
- Tiny white sports on the iris of the eyes (Brushfield's spots)
- Excessive flexability
- Short height
- Intellectual
- Mild to moderate cognitive impairment
- Language skills are typically delayed
- Short and long term memory is not as strong
- Physical
- Identified needs
- Help developing speech and motor skills
- May need help with self-care and personal care due to limited mobility
- Assistance with day-to-day tasks
- Ways of communicating
- Close observation and monitoring of medical problems
- Accessing therapies
- Occupational
- Physical
- Speech
- Adjustments required
- Speaking clearly and calmly so that they can learn from you
- Communicating in different ways
- Singalong
- Makaton
- PCES
- Makaton
- Singalong
- Setting routines for them to follow at certain aspects of the day
- Dinner
- Getting up
- Enhanced monitoring of behaviour as there may be communication issues
- They may not be able to tell you how they feel
- Regular, hearing, and eyesight checks because of the other associated health risks
- Extra support from a teacher or assistant (for school) such as taking part in lessons or getting around the school
- Symptoms
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