Down Syndrome Education International - important study on memory.

Yet again, Down Syndrome International breaks new ground with this study showing improvements in working memory following systematic training. Work carried out by the original Portsmouth-based organisation, the Sarah Duffen Centre, developed techniques to help people with severe learning difficulties learn to read that are still extremely useful, and one is virtually the last shot in my locker with the most difficult cases (selecting words as they are called out rather than naming them.) This study indicates that it is possible to improve a person's use of memory, and if it can be done for children with Down Syndrome, it may well be valuable to others.