Education
Appropriate education is vital to help children and young people with Down’s syndrome achieve their potential. The Down’s Syndrome Association has information and resources to help families and schools.
Child development
For information on the development of children with Down’s syndrome and ideas for how you can help at home, see our pages on Growing up.
Stages of education
Our pages on the different stages of education provide a brief guide to education from early years to FE. There are links to useful resources and further information.
• Primary
SEN and the law
Our pages on SEN and the law provide a guide to the system for supporting children and young people with special educational needs in England.
For children and young people in Wales, please go to our pages on SEN / ALN and the Law – Wales
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“As a family we wanted to raise money for the Down’s Syndrome Association as it supported us with invaluable information as we started our journey with Cian. He has shown remarkable strength and resilience in his first 19 months and therefore I wanted to push myself to my limits, to hopefully raise money to support other families.”
Meet Cian and his Mum, Emma, one of our #50for50 jumpers which has now been rescheduled to the 26 September. 😁☁ ... See MoreSee Less
Meet Cian, the inspiration for one of our 50 for 50 jumpers
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