Children and adolescents with DS are exposed to significant physical, sexual
and emotional developmental changes. They also often have some psychiatric problems
as externalizing disorders, depression, anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
They also suffer from behavior and psychosocial problems in the process of their
growth, such as expressing their feelings, learning problems as their shortage of
language and cognition. Children with DS are amenable for good education and they
can enter a special education school for special education, so that training of their fine
motor, gross motor and intellectual abilities is helpful to improve their development.
They can be encouraged to improve body functions and accentuating gaining more
functional proficiencies that facilitate improving participation in age-suitable activities.
Early detection and proper treatment of emotional, psychiatric or developmental
disorders ensure good prognosis.
Keywords: Abuse, Academic achievements, Anxiety, Articulation, Behavioral,
Children, Communication, Depression, Developmental, Down syndrome,
Education, Early Stimulation Emotional, Grammar, Mental, Obsessivecompulsive
disorder, Phenotypes, Psychological, Sexual, Speech, Talking.
