Education guidelines
About this project.
We worked with experts to create International Guidelines for the Education of Learners with Down Syndrome.
Why we are doing this project.
Children with Down syndrome are not getting the help they need in schools. They are often taught separately from other children or do not get to go to school at all. This is a big problem that needs fixing.
We need to make sure children with Down syndrome get a good education everywhere.
This project contributes to our work on the issue of inclusive education.
What we did.
We worked with teachers and experts in education. We also got help from our members around the world. Together, we made the International Guidelines for the Education of Learners with Down Syndrome.
By following these guidelines, everyone can learn better. Teachers can teach better, and managers can run schools better. This helps learners with Down Syndrome have a good education.
The aim is to support learning throughout life.
The guidelines:
You can download the International Guidelines for the Education of Learners with Down Syndrome in English here:
Read a full list of the recommendations from the Guidelines:
The guidelines are also available in these languages:
Thank you to Sevdija Kujović and Prof. dr. Lejli Kafedžić, Udruženje Zivot Sa Down Syndromom.
Thank you to Miriam Besson, Inclusion ASBL.
Thank you to the Down Syndrome Albania Foundation, the Jonathan Center and Down Syndrome Kosovo.
More languages will be available in the future. If you would like to translate the guidelines into your language, please read our guidance document here. Please get in touch so we can help – email contact@ds-int.org
Other resources:
To make an impact in countries around the world the guidelines need to be promoted and implemented.
We have created toolkits to help individuals and organisations to do this:
The aim of this toolkit is to help increase the visibility of the guidelines through promotion on media platforms.
The aim of this toolkit is to outline basic steps that can be taken to encourage and enable the implementation of the guidelines.
If you need help using these toolkits, please get in touch so we can help – email contact@ds-int.org
What we will do next.
We ran a pilot study with our UK members to explore the best ways of making education systems more inclusive, using the guidelines.
We will use what we are learning to help change education systems in other countries around the world.
You can read about the UK pilot study here:
