The purpose of this scoping review was to identify the family and child quality of life
variables that have been studied in relation to one another in children with Down syndrome …

Down syndrome (DS) is the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder, with a known
genetic cause. Besides facial dysmorphologies and congenital and/or acquired medical …

The Down syndrome (DS) phenotype is usually characterized by relative strengths in non-
verbal skills and deficits in verbal processing, but high interindividual variability has been …

In this article, we focus on the causes of individual differences in Down syndrome (DS),
exemplifying the multi-level, multi-method, lifespan developmental approach advocated by …

A socio-neurocognitive approach to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
shows several underlying domains of communicative competence: Attention, perception …

Background It is well known that individuals with Down syndrome (DS) or fragile X syndrome
(FXS) demonstrate expressive language difficulties beginning early in childhood. It is less …

The purpose of this study was to examine potential differences in the predictors of
expressive vocabulary development between children with Down syndrome and typically …

As children with Down syndrome (DS) typically manifest significant delays in language
development, the research has pointed out the predictors of later language skills for this …

The aim of this chapter is not just to present a selection of literature on early development in
Down syndrome (DS), but also to integrate findings from across disciplines within an …

Background Previous studies have explored the size and word type composition (nouns,
predicates, etc.) of expressive vocabularies of preschool children with Down syndrome, both …