DSIA Resources

Click Here to download a comprehensive list of resources in Adobe PDF format.
 

DSIA's New and Expectant Parent Guide Now Available Online!

This comprehensive guide provides practical information and resources for parents, grandparents, therapists, educators and health care providers. Hard copy binders will also be available upon request beginning in July 2008. Please click on the any of the links below to access the individual sections of the DSIA New and Expectant Parent Guide (PDF Format, Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

• Introduction
• Heart to Heart
• About Down Syndrome
• Healthcare (3MB)
• Therapeutic Care
• Feeding/Nutrition (2.5MB)
• Community Resources (2MB)
• Organization
• Worksheets

Down Syndrome Materials in Spanish!

• Bienvenidos a Holanda
• Condiciones del Endocrino y el Síndromede Down
• El Córazon y el Síndromede Down
• Información acerca de Los Centros Regionales
• Intervención Temprana y el Síndromede Down
• Notas del Progreso de la Terapia de Idioma y Lenguaje
• Pautas de los Cuidados de la Salud
• Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre el Síndrome Down
• Síndrome Down Mitos y Realidades

About Down syndrome

National Down Syndrome Congress
 

National Down Syndrome Society

Research

The UC Davis Neurocognitive Development Lab along with the M.I.N.D. Institute is recruiting infants between the ages of 10 and 24 months with Down syndrome to participate in an NIH-funded study to understand early visual and cognitive processing in infants with developmental delays. Click here for more information click one of the links below:

http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/people/srivera/Rivera/
download the flyer (Microsoft Word)
 

Center for Research & Treatment of Down Syndrome
 

Dr. Pinter, DSIA's Medical Advisor, receives research awards from NDSS
 

Stem Cell offers hope for fixing heart damage
 

Center for Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome in Stanford, CA
 

Down syndrome gene identified
 

Adopt-a-mouse for Down Syndrome Research