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This title includes a book CD-ROM. Newly revised and updated, this compassionate and authoritative guide is based on Libby Kumins thirty years of experience of working with children and adolescents with Down syndrome and their families. Dr Kumin draws on her vast experience to show parents how they can support and encourage their childs speech and language development from birth to age 6 or when a child can form 2- to 3-word sentences. Parents and teachers learn how to work through characteristic challenges, including hearing loss, intelligibility issues, apraxia difficulty planning oral-motor movements, or a slower pace of development. Families soon see that many children with Down syndrome are natural and willing communicators. In a warm and conversational style, the author shares her professional expertise in parent-friendly terms.