Worksheet For Down Syndrome Students
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Worksheet for down syndrome students?
Down syndrome is a genetic condition that occurs if a child is born with an extra chromosome. This condition affects how the child’s brain and body develop. This leads to many developmental delays, IQ problems as well as physical and medical issues. The intellectual difficulties may vary from mild to moderate level. To gain some independence, individuals with down syndrome need occupational therapy. They also need psychotherapy because of their emotional problems like impulsivity, temper tantrums or stubbornness etc.
How will the worksheet help?
This worksheet is targeted at mental and intellectual abilities of the clients with down syndrome. This will help them recognize and differentiate objects from daily life as well as do mental math related to money. Furthermore, it will help the therapist and caregivers in assessing the level of intellectual abilities the clients possess.
How to use this worksheet?
To use this worksheet, the facilitator is required to make it as entertaining and engaging for the clients as possible. The clients should mark the correct object in the identifying exercise. And write their response on the provided space for the math questions. They can color the images if they want.
