Down Syndrome

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the impact on the family with a Down syndrome child. It specifically focuses on the impact on the other children in the family unit. The paper analyzes various articles that discuss the issues that families face and also analyzes the prevalence of Down syndrome. It looks at intervention strategies for children with Down syndrome, as well as transitioning intervention and how these can be assessed.

Table of Contents:
Impact
Impact
Intervention
Assessment Of Intervention
Assessment Of Intervention
Transitioning Intervention: From High School To Life After High School
Prevalence Of Medical Conditions Linked To Down Syndrome, And Interventions Into Those Conditions
Prevalence Of Down Syndrome
Three Research-able Questions That Support And Strengthen The Evidence For Intervention Strategies Presented In This Paper

From the Paper:

"Also, integrated screening (combining the results of tests in the first and second-trimesters) has also proved to be valuable in terms of detection of DS during pregnancy. The problem with integrated screening, the article points out, is that there is quite a period of time from the initiation of the testing until completion. But the larger question is, what is a woman to do if indeed her baby has a mis-matched chromosome count? If it is caught early enough, would she consider an abortion? That is a moral and personal privacy issue, of course, but it is worth consideration given the issues that arise for a family with a DS child."
"If a pregnant woman is screened properly during her first-trimester, and that test indicates that she is at "increased risk" of aneuploidy she should then be offered genetic counselling as an intervention, the article explains; and she should have the option of CVS (chroionic villus sampling) or at least second-trimester amniocentesis should be offered."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Clinician Reviews. (2007). Down syndrome screening expanded (Literature Monitor). 17(2), P. 18.
• Devenny, Darlynne A. (1993). Stress and Parenting. Down Syndrome Today, 2(4), 22-23, And 3(1).
• Fey, Marc E.; Warren, Steven F.; Brady, Nancy; Finestack, Lizbeth H.; Bredin-Oja, Shelly L.; Fairchild, Martha; Sokol, Shari; & Yoder, Paul J. (2006). Early effects of responsivity Education / prelinguistic milieu teaching for children with developmental delays and their Parents. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 49(3), 526-548.
• Mikkelsen, Margareta; Mittwoch, Ursula; & Emery, A.E.H. (1988). The Incidence of Down's Syndrome and Progress Towards Its Recution [and Discussion]. Philosophical Transactions Of the Royal Society of London. 315-324.
• National Down Syndrome Society. (2006) "Transition Planning" / "Research" Retrieved 13 March 2007 from http://www.ndss.org.

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