Research Directions Symposium Reviews Series

Last autumn, Down Syndrome Education International hosted the first Research Directions Symposium in Portsmouth, UK, in association with the Anna and John J Sie Foundation and with the generous support of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County (USA) and the National Down Syndrome Society (USA).

The Down Syndrome Research Directions Symposium 2007 brought together a multidisciplinary group of leading scientists, active in research into Down syndrome and related issues. The symposium reviewed current understanding of Down syndrome and identified promising future research directions.

Review papers developed from the symposium will be published in forthcoming issues of Down Syndrome Research and Practice and on Down Syndrome Online. Advance Online Publication copies of some of these are now available.

These include reviews by many of the world's leading authorities on the development of people with Down syndrome and covert topics including speech and language, literacy and reading, learning and memory, early intervention and families.

The symposium was also supported by Down Syndrome International, the Down Syndrome Research Foundation (Canada), the European Down Syndrome Association, Down Syndrome Ireland, the Down's Syndrome Association (UK, Creating Solutions (USA), the Association Francaise pour la Recherche sur la Trisomie 21 (France), the University of Portsmouth (UK) and the Education Centre for Children with Down Syndrome (UK).