The Down Syndrome Toolkit features seven empirically supported instructional strategies in various subject areas.
Click or choose from the drop-down list to learn more about each strategy, it's purpose and benefits and how to use it.
Click or choose from the drop-down list to learn more about each strategy, it's purpose and benefits and how to use it.
Literacy: Match, Select, Name
Match, Select, Name is a sequenced word recognition strategy. This strategy encourages children to practice identifying and reading words, and eventually working towards automaticity in reading text.
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Literacy: Latch-On ProgramThe Latch-On Program helps students develop their reading, writing and speaking skills. Specifically, the program targets reading comprehension, text structures, and enhancing speech stamina.
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Mathematics: Numicon SystemThe Numicon System is a multi-sensory approach to mathematics using structured apparatus designed to give students the understanding of number sense and relationships that are essential for success in math.
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Behaviour: Social Stories
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Communication: Sign Language |
Communication: Functional Training Communication |
Sensory: Sensory Box
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Social stories use reading and pictures to teach students appropriate behaviour for a variety of social situations.
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Students with Down Syndrome often have delayed or impaired speech. Sign
language builds receptive language and early communication in a visual
way.
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Functional Communication Training is a skill-building strategy that enables students to appropriately communicate their desires.
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Sensory Boxes are designed to assist children in their sensory development by experiencing a variety of materials they can touch, see, and smell in a controlled environment.
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