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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Special Education
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Reading acquisition is a complex process.
  • Children with Down syndrome (DS) often face unique challenges in literacy development.
  • Understanding achieved reading stages is vital for targeted educational interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the reading stages of school-aged children with Down syndrome (DS) in Bavaria, Germany.
  • To compare the reading abilities of children with DS to those with other forms of intellectual disability (ID).
  • To identify factors correlating with reading attainment in children with DS.

Main Methods:

  • A questionnaire was administered to teachers of 190 school-aged children with DS (ages 6-20).
  • Reading stages were evaluated using Frith's developmental model.
  • Data were compared to a larger sample of 1419 students with ID (excluding DS) and subsequently to parallelized ID groups.

Main Results:

  • 20.2% of students with DS did not read; 7.6% were at the logographic stage, 49.4% at the alphabetic stage, and 22.8% at the orthographic stage.
  • Students with DS showed a notable emphasis on the alphabetic reading level compared to other students with ID.
  • When grouped by severity of ID, children with DS and severe ID were ahead in reading, while those with mild ID were behind.

Conclusions:

  • Children with Down syndrome exhibit a diverse range of reading skills, with a significant proportion achieving the alphabetic stage.
  • Educational strategies should be tailored to the specific needs of students with DS, particularly addressing their verbal short-term memory limitations.
  • Further research and specialized instruction, such as syllable-based reading, are essential for optimizing literacy outcomes in this population.