Wednesday
Sep012010

St. Louis Arc Family Workshop Series for 2010 - 2011

St. Louis Arc has moved into their wonderful new building and are offering some great workshops this year!  Workshops are free and registration is required.  Contact Ann Mangelsdorf at amangelsdorf@arc.org or call 314-817-2275.  You may also register online at www.slarc.org.

Click Here for the schedule of workshops.

Friday
Aug062010

Teacher Packet

Looking for some information for teachers? Check out our new "What Students with Down Syndrome Want Teachers to Know..."

The DSAGSL has compiled useful information about teaching students with Down syndrome into a 9 page packet for teachers, covering the following topics:

-How Do Students with Down Syndrome Learn?
-Curriculum Adaptation, Simplify, Supplement, Alter
-Great Resources for Teachers
-The Home and School Partnership
-Health Concerns That May Affect Learning
-Communication
-Gross Motor Skills
-Fine Motor Skills
-A Word About Hugs
-What is Down Syndrome?
-Is it Downs, Down’s or Down?
-Common Myths
-Programs and Services Offered by the Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis

 

Click here to see the complete teacher packet.

Friday
Aug062010

Writing your own stories… for communication and behavior success!

Posted by: Jennifer on: August 3, 2010

For those of you who have children with any behavior issues

(Our angels?! Behaviors?! NEVER!) you may be familiar with

Carol Gray’s social stories created for children with autism.

The rest of you are saying, “What is a social story?”  Click here for more......

Wednesday
Aug042010

Professors Release Preliminary Data from Down Syndrome Study 

Released: 8/3/2010 11:45 AM EDT
Source: Kansas State University

The tumultuous feelings parents have when they first learn their child will be born with Down syndrome give way to joy and resilience, according to preliminary data from a study by researchers at Kansas State University and Texas Tech University. 
http://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-find-parents-of-down-syndrome-children-have-positive-experience

The survey is ongoing and is at https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=148766.

Tuesday
Jul272010

DSAGSL's Summer 2010 Newsletter is available here

Click here to download the newest DSAGSL newsletter (Summer 2010):

http://www.dsagsl.org/quarterly-newsletters/

Tuesday
Jul272010

2 New August Fitwize Sessions will begin!

Two late Summer-early Fall sessions will begin the 4th week of August.  Click here for dates, details, or to enroll online:

http://www.dsagsl.org/fitwize-registration/

Monday
Jul122010

Healthy Lifestyles with Dr. J and Ken to start in Sept.!

Healthy Lifestyles will return again this fall!  Please click here for the details.