i work with an 11 year old girl with down's syndrome and i was wondering how i could learn to understand her speech better. she has a speech therapist at school but i work with her after school and i have a hard time understanding her and it's frustrating for both of us. I feel like i'm missing a lot of conversation with her and am not learning her needs and feelings like i'd like. How can i help her speech myself? i'd really like to do that with her but i need to make it non-confrontational and fun as possible. i spend about 19 hours a week with her and i love her very much. if you could help, i'd appreciate it.

• Re: working with a down's syndrome child misty 23:06:21 11/05/00 (0)