Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 17747

Children: Down's Syndrome

Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 13 December 2024

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of parent-delivered early language interventions for young children with Down Syndrome.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Parents and carers have an important role to play in the learning and development of their child. Practitioners should work jointly with parents and carers to support a child’s speech, language and communication needs in the home environment.The departmen...
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