See and Learn Speech

See and Learn Speech will be a programme of activities designed to help children with Down syndrome develop their speech skills.

About See and Learn Speech

Most children with Down syndrome have unclear speech - they are often difficult to understand when they are talking. Research indicates that speech clarity can be improved so that 80% of teenagers can be understood by unfamiliar listeners, given high quality support (instead of only 50% without intervention).

The See and Learn Speech programme will provide guidance and resources to support activities to help children to develop better speech discrimination and clearer speech production. Speech discrimination and speech production abilities start to develop in the first year of life therefore See and Learn Speech will provide activities from birth.

Free to use

See and Learn Speech will be provided free of charge online by Down Syndrome Education International. Anyone will be able to download and use the programme without charge.

Availability

This programme is not currently available.

Progress on See and Learn Speech is subject to securing the funding necessary to develop the materials. Please consider making a donation to support our continued work to improve education for people with Down syndrome everywhere.