Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to map the research literature published in
English and in peer-reviewed journals related to the home literacy environment of children …

Though children with Down syndrome can learn to read, they may have difficulty developing
some component skills, including phonological awareness and word decoding. Given …

Abstract Background Children with Down syndrome have speech and language difficulties
that are disproportionate to their overall intellectual ability and relative strengths in the use of …

Acquiring language and communication skills is one of the biggest challenges for children
with Down syndrome (DS). However, few evidence-based interventions exist to enhance the …

Introduction The present study aimed to (1) characterize the home-literacy environments
(HLE) of toddlers with Down syndrome (DS) and (2) examine if richness of the HLE, child …

Purpose: Opportunities to actively engage in literacy instruction should be accessible to all
students in the classroom. Shared book reading provides a literacy-based context in which …

Young children with Down syndrome (DS) have language delays beginning early in life.
Book reading with parents provides a context for capitalizing on language learning …

Purpose The goal of this study was to characterize and quantify maternal use of
decontextualized and contextualized input during mother–child interactions including young …

Methods: Participants were toddlers with DS (n= 13 at Time 1, 11–29 months of age;= 10 at
Time 2) and their mothers. Mothers completed a Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire …

Shared book reading is considered an early literacy activity that can facilitate language and
literacy skills in children. A shared book reading session consists of three agents namely the …