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)...

Objectives: Having a child with disability has a profound effect on the family and can impose many problems and challenges on parents. Children with Down syndrome (DS) are a large group of children with special needs who are at risk for chronic physical illness, developmental problems, behavioral and emotional problems. These problems create more health and care needs in these children. Therefo...

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-...

  Social cognition refers to how children understand Opinions, feelings, thoughts and intentions themselves and others and how they think about social relations. Processes of social cognition, enables one to predict the behavior of others, self-control and therefore regulating social interaction. In other hand, studies indicated Children and adolescents with Down syndrome have lower performance...

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 ...