Developmental progress of preschool Down's syndrome children receiving a home‐advisory service: an interim report

Abstract

The progressive slowing of the intellectual development of Down''s syndrome children can be minimized by the provision of very early educational input. Such provision has been available from a home advisory service for families with a preschool handicapped child in Clwyd, North Wales [UK], since 1975. The development of these children was carefully monitored over this time and findings to date give an encouraging picture of the effectiveness of such a service. The intellectual prognosis for children with this syndrome may be less gloomy than considered hitherto.