A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome: Towards a Brighter Future (Siegfried M. Pueschel) revised 2001

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. From Parent to Parent
Claire D. Canning

2. A Brief History of Down Syndrome
Siegfried M. Pueschel

3. Exploring the Causes of Down Syndrome
Siegfried M. Pueschel

4. Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Counseling
Siegfried M. Pueschel

5. A Child with Down Syndrome is Born
Ann Murphy

6. Physical Features of the Child
Siegfried M. Pueschel

7. Medical Concerns and Health Issues
Siegfried M. Pueschel

8. Treatments Approaches
Siegfried M. Pueschel

9. What to Expect as Your Child Develops
Claire D. Canning and Siegfried M. Pueschel

10. Feeding the Young Child
Elizabeth Zausmer and Siegfried M. Pueschel

11. Early Developmental Stimulation
Elizabeth Zausmer

12. Stimulating the Child's Gross Motor Development
Elizabeth Zausmer

13. Fine Motor Skills and Play: The Road to Cognitive Learning
Elizabeth Zausmer

14. Raising a Child with Down Syndrome
Ann Murphy

15. Developing Communication Skills
DeAnna Horstmeier

16. Preschool and Kindergarten: A Time of Enlightenment and Achievement
Claire D. Canning

17. Education from Childhood Through Adolescence
H.D. Bud Fredericks

18. Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood
Jean P. Edwards

19. Recreation: Key to a More Fulfilling Quality of Community Life
John Rynders

20. Working in the Community Through Supported Employment: It's All About Choices
Darlene D. Unger

21. Does Parenting Ever End? Experiences of Parents of Adults with Down Syndrome
Dorothy Robinson, Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, and Marsha Mailick Seltzer

22. Biomedical Research and the Future of Down Syndrome
Alberto C.S. Costa