IHC library expands resources IHC Library is very pleased to announce that a collection of resources belonging to the Wellington Down Syndrome Association is being managed by the IHC Library and is available for all library members to borrow. Included in that collection are several See and Learn kits that we have been asked for in the past and are now have available. “See and Learn Language and Reading is designed to teach children to understand and use spoken language from first words to early grammar and simple sentences. It also introduces children to reading first sight words, learning letter-sounds and using phonics for reading.” – from the See and Learn website Other recent additions are-
Off to a good start: a behaviourally-based model for teaching children with Down syndrome by Emily A.
Jones "The authors [of this book] share the compelling research about the benefits of using ABA methods with children with Down syndrome, describe ABA principles and procedures, and provide the ABA-based curriculum they’ve used for nearly 20 years to successfully teach infants through kindergarteners with Down syndrome. With these books, readers will learn ABA practices for teaching children the all-important foundational skills in motor, social-communication, cognitive, and self-care development." – Publisher’s website.
Census by Jesse Ball
“A powerful and moving new novel from an awardwinning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of towns. When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn’t have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care
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for his adult son—a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son.” – Goodreads
A major adjustment: how a remarkable child became a remarkable adult by Andy
Merriman "Sarah Merriman is just like any other urbane young woman in her twenties... She has a job in a Central London hotel, a boyfriend, commutes to work on the Tube, eats out, goes to films and theatre... This is all the more remarkable (though not to her) because Sarah was born with Down's Syndrome. Her parents having no prior inkling, it came as a huge shock to them that they now had a daughter with a disability. In 1999 her father Andy wrote a frank and moving book, A Minor Adjustment, about the challenge of her early years. The national publicity it gained saw it become a treasured resource for other families on a similar journey. Now he follows up with the inspirational story of how his daughter, whose favourite expression is `I love my life', has grown up, featured on Michel Roux's compelling Kitchen Impossible series, and is making a life of her own at a time when pre-natal testing is threatening the very existence of people with Down's syndrome. Sarah has contributed throughout." - BOOK JACKET Please contact your library team (Phil, Ros, Ann and Michael) on 0800 442 442, email us at librarian@ihc.org.nz or visit the online catalogue at https://ihc.mykoha.co.nz/
You can watch our library video at https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=AunmBYTIZTM
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