Calls for Participants:
Aricept Clinical Research (Oct 2008)
Research Study at UC Davis Medical Center M.I.N.D. Institute
Kennedy Krieger Institute NIH funded Research Study
Survey for Masters Thesis
Please contact Maureen Kreig at rkreig@comcast.net to participate. Maureen is a parent of an 11-year-old with Down syndrome and needs your input in designing a guidebook for new parents of children with DS. Your input is needed! The survey can be completed via email and will take less than five minutes.
Online Survey of Technology Use by People with Developmental Disabilities
The Beach Center on Disability in Kansas has developed an online survey to find out how people with developmental disabilities use technology, including computers, cell phones, and other information technology. The survey also asks direct support professionals about the training they currently receive or may need to support technology use. The survey is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the American Association on Mental Retardation is a partner on this initiative. For more information, contact Susan Palmer at (785) 864-0270 or spalmer@ku.edu
Articles:
Improved Mental Functioning
Gene Causes Retardation in Down syndrome
Training Can Reduce the Incidence of Abuse Among People
with Cognitive Disabilities
The National Children's Study is looking at what risks kids are exposed to in their environment from the moment they're conceived through early adulthood. Their goal is to help pinpoint the root causes of many of today's childhood and adult diseases and disorders. This will be the longest, largest study of children's health and development ever conducted in the United States. For more information, go to http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docid=522761.
Aricept Trial at Duke University Medical Center showed the drug Aricept might boost expressive language skills of children with Down syndrome.
Study Shows Postnatal Care for Mothers of Children with Down Syndrome is Negative.
Can children with mental retardation learn to read? What's the optimal way to teach reading to this special population? A national study funded by the U.S. Department of Education seeks to find answers to these questions. Read more about the study at http://www.responsetrack.net/lnk/smu50813/?11EJ603DDDD
Links to Research Websites:
-Down Syndrome Research Foundation
-Stanford University Center for Treatment and Research of Down Syndrome
-Center for Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome
-University of Michigan Center for Motor Behavior in Down Syndrome
- Clinical Trials
