The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic games on social skills, anxiety and aggression in children with Down syndrome. This is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study included all children with Down syndrome under the protection of Kermanshah Welfare Organization in 2018. A total of ...

Background and purpose: This study shows that, children with conservative concepts have better adjective comprehension. Ôn the other hand, study indicates that Down syndrome children have lower linguistic ability compare to the other mentally retarded children. Âim of this research is to study the effect of Down syndrome on comprehension of semantic skills. Materials and methods : Ïn th...

Objective: One of the problems of children with Down syndrome is their low performance on retention of information and its recall in the memory. The present study aimed to determine the efficacy of rehearsal strategy on auditory short-term memory of educable 5 to 8 years old children with Down syndrome. Materials & Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 24 children (14 boys and 10 girls)...

Background and purpose: Down syndrome children not only have delayed motor development but also have many difficulties for acquiring motor skills, particularly in upper extremities. Hence, the aim of study was to investigate the effects of eye- hand coordination activities on hand skills in educable children with Down syndrome. Materials and methods: Fifteen children with Down syndrome (7-...