This unit, designed for HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapists, will develop your skills in working with children and adults who have Down syndrome. You will enhance your understanding of the specific speech and language profile associated with Down syndrome and the required evidence-based adaptations to intervention and assessment.

The focus of this unit is on developing your knowledge of the uneven profile and the relative difficulties experienced by individuals with Down syndrome. It also focuses on expanding your knowledge, as a therapist, of evidence-based interventions for this population. This knowledge will then be used to develop your skills in adapting your practice to ensure intervention and assessment take account of this profile, in order to be accurate and effective in delivering person centred speech and language therapy services.