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Learn more about DSE resources at free online events
20 May 2013 - Join us online to learn more about DSE's See and Learn resources to support early language, reading and speech development, and our new reading and language intervention for primary/elementary children with Down syndrome. Read more...
Special iApps releases Android version of popular Special Words app
11 May 2013 - The UK-based specialist app developer, Special iApps, has released a new version of its popular Special Words app, compatible with Android devices. The Special Words app can be used to support the teaching of vocabulary and sight word reading, and is supplied with pictures and vocabulary from DSE’s See and Learn Language and Reading programme. Read more...
DSE announces additional support for new reading and language intervention
27 Mar 2013 - DSE is to offer additional support to help educators deliver evidence-based reading and language instruction to children with Down syndrome including online events, an email discussion forum and blog, and self-paced online learning courses. Read more...
Northeast Down Syndrome Education Conference videos now available
07 Mar 2013 - Videos of the Northeast Down Syndrome Education Conference, held last December, are now available online from the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Read more...
DSE to participate in Roche Global Down Syndrome Advocacy Group Advisory Board
07 Mar 2013 - DSE is to participate in a meeting of Down syndrome organizations from around the world to discuss recent advances in clinical research and clinical trials of possible pharmaceutical therapies to improve learning and memory for people with Down syndrome. Read more...
Survey of literacy experiences of school-age children with Down syndrome
24 Jan 2013 - Please consider participating in an online survey of literacy experiences that will improve our understanding of current practice in literacy teaching for children with Down syndrome. The survey is anonymous and should only take about 10 minutes. Read more...
Evaluation of new reading and language intervention underway in San Antonio
17 Jan 2013 - DSE has begun an evaluation of its new reading and language intervention for children with Down syndrome (RLI) in schools in San Antonio North East Independent School District, Texas. Read more...
New reading and language intervention now shipping
16 Jan 2013 - DSE's new reading and language intervention for children with Down syndrome is now shipping in the US. The Reading and Language Intervention for Children with Down Syndrome (RLI) is designed to teach key reading and language skills to children with Down syndrome and was found to be more effective than ordinary literacy instruction in a randomized controlled trial in the UK. Read more...
Evaluation of new reading and language intervention begins in San Antonio, Texas
17 Sep 2012 - DSE has begun an evaluation of the new reading and language intervention for children with Down syndrome (RLI) in schools in San Antonio, Texas. The project is supported by LLQ USA and the Down Syndrome Association of South Texas, and is being conducted in partnership with San Antonio North East Independent School District. Read more...
Down Syndrome Education USA moves to new offices
04 Aug 2012 - Down Syndrome Education USA has moved to new offices. Not far, though: the move joins our office with expanded teaching and training facilities across at our nearby partners at the Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County. Read more...
Download editions of developmental checklists now available
03 Aug 2012 - DSE's developmental checklists are now available in electronic editions, offering easy and lower cost access for printing for use at home or in classrooms or therapy settings. Read more...
DSE launches Down Syndrome Issues and Information ebooks
18 Jul 2012 - DSE is launching ebook editions of its books covering development and education for children with Down syndrome from birth to late teenage. The new ebook editions bring this comprehensive series to a wide variety of modern devices and computer platforms, offering a convenient and lower cost alternative to printed editions. Read more...
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