Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome and Complex Needs
By any definition Down syndrome is a complex condition. Individually, children with Down syndrome can differ markedly from one another in their medical, developmental and behavioral attributes. We recognize that some children/families have especially complex needs because of the particular constellation of medical-developmental-behavioral challenges they face. Parenting requires significantly greater physical and emotional energy, problem-solving and planning skills, more time for medical and therapy appointments, requests for very specific types of information, ...Read more