05/02/2024
The 2024 Down Syndrome Research Forum will be held online on 25th/26th April 2024 as this format has been successful for the past three years and enabled wider international participation.
Please see the call for submissions at Down Syndrome Research Forum 2024 (down-syndrome.org) – deadline for abstracts is February 19th 2024.
The keynotes for 2024 are:
"Developmental foundations in infants with Down syndrome: Research to inform anticipatory practices". Debbie Fidler, Professor and Director Developmental Disabilities Research Laboratory - Human Development and Family Studies (colostate.edu)
"Reading skills in individuals with Down syndrome" Susan Loveall- Hague, Assistant Professor Susan Loveall | College of Education and Human Sciences (unl.edu)
"Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Intervention Research and Young Children with Down Syndrome: Exploring Opportunities" MaryAnn Romski, Regents Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Communication Sciences & Disorders Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA
If you have relevant research to share or are supporting research students, do consider a presentation or organising a symposium.
Please share with colleagues, researchers and practitioners, and other lists.
Professor Sue Buckley OBE
CPsychol AFBPsS
Director for Science and Research
Down Syndrome Education International
Emeritus Professor of Developmental Disability
Dept Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK.