This module aims to ensure you feel confident to positively include and meet the specific learning needs of children and young people with Down’s syndrome in your nursery or school.
Module content:
- Effective strategies to positively support inclusion and tailor learning to meet specific needs. This module aims to ensure you feel confident to meet the additional support needs and positively include children and young people with Down’s syndrome in your nursery or school.
- An overview of Down’s syndrome and associated features and health issues that affect learning and development
- Development and specific learning profile of children with Down’s syndrome
Please be aware that the fee is per person attending the session.
Training will take place using Teams.
Please ensure you are able to access Teams from your chosen device, prior to joining the session. Some schools/nurseries may need to consult with their IT department to arrange this.
The Teams link will be emailed to you ahead of time (usually 2 days before) from info@dsscotland.org.uk.
Event details
Delivered Online
£45
Monday 1st September
4-5pm

This module expands on the learning covered in module 1, specifically looking at how to teach children with Down’s syndrome to read and how this positively supports language development.
Module content:
- Using the whole word approach and exploring strategies using this approach to teach reading
- How phonics can support the whole word approach
- The importance of teaching reading and its impact on “talking”
Event Details
Monday 8th September
4pm – 5pm
Delivered online via Teams
Cost: £45
Please be aware that the fee is per person attending the session.
Please ensure you are able to access Teams from your chosen device, prior to joining the session. Some schools/nurseries may need to consult with their IT department to arrange this.
The Teams link will be emailed to you ahead of time (usually 2 days before) from info@dsscotland.org.uk.

This session further expands on the learning covered in modules 1&2, specifically looking at how to support children with Down’s syndrome to learn about numbers and maths skills through the use of key learning principles and effective teaching strategies.
Module content:
- The relationship between Language and Numeracy
- Identify the basic Numeracy principles and how to teach these skills separately
- Explore strategies to support children with Down’s syndrome with their development of numeracy & mathematics skills
- Understand the importance of the relationship between Numeracy skills and independent living.
Event Details
Monday 15th September
4pm – 5pm
Delivered online via Teams
Cost: £45
Please be aware that the fee is per person attending the session.
Please ensure you are able to access Teams from your chosen device, prior to joining the session. Some schools/nurseries may need to consult with their IT department to arrange this.
The Teams link will be emailed to you ahead of time (usually 2 days before) from info@dsscotland.org.uk.
This module is aimed at teachers and support staff to support with understanding and positively supporting communication behaviour of children and young people with Down’s syndrome.
Module content:
- What causes behaviour that may be perceived as challenging or difficult to manage
- How our values influence how we perceive behaviour
- How to undertake a functional approach to supporting behaviour by identifying its function and developing an individualised positive support plan
- How to teach alternative and more appropriate behaviours to communicate and the importance of effective communication and visual supports
Event Details
Monday 22nd September
4pm – 5pm
Delivered online via Zoom
Cost: £45
Please be aware that the fee is per person attending the session.
Please ensure you are able to access Zoom from your chosen device, prior to joining the session. Some schools/nurseries may need to consult with their IT department to arrange this.
The Zoom link will be emailed to you ahead of time (usually 2 days before) from info@dsscotland.org.uk.
This module aims to ensure you feel confident to positively include and meet the specific learning needs of children and young people with Down’s syndrome in your nursery or school.
Module content:
- Effective strategies to positively support inclusion and tailor learning to meet specific needsThis module aims to ensure you feel confident to meet the additional support needs and positively include children and young people with Down’s syndrome in your nursery or school.
- An overview of Down’s syndrome and associated features and health issues that affect learning and development
- Development and specific learning profile of children with Down’s syndrome
Please be aware that the fee is per person attending the session.
Training will take place using Teams.
Please ensure you are able to access Teams from your chosen device, prior to joining the session. Some schools/nurseries may need to consult with their IT department to arrange this.
The Teams link will be emailed to you ahead of time (usually 2 days before) from info@dsscotland.org.uk.
Event details
Delivered Online
£45
Tuesday 6th May
4-5pm
Dr Shahid Zaman is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Director of the CIDDRG (Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group) and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. He is a part of ABC-DS (Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium-Down Syndrome), a major clinical research programme funded by the National Institute of Health (USA). For over 15 years he has undertaken research in ageing and neurodegeneration in people with Down syndrome. He will present a summary of the tremendous increase in knowledge and our understanding of dementia in people with Down syndrome.
Date: Tuesday 25th March
Time: 12.30-1.00pm
Cost: Free
Dr Shahid Zaman is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Director of the CIDDRG (Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group) and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. He is a part of ABC-DS (Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium-Down Syndrome), a major clinical research programme funded by the National Institute of Health (USA). For over 15 years he has undertaken research in ageing and neurodegeneration in people with Down syndrome. He will present a summary of the tremendous increase in knowledge and our understanding of dementia in people with Down syndrome.
Date: Tuesday 13th May
Time: 12.30-1.00pm
Cost: Free
Dr Santoro serves as the Director of Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disorders Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is also an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr Santoro also has clinical research expertise in inflammation as it related to cerebrovascular disease and neurocognitive disorders such as Down syndrome regression syndrome, of which he has spoken on internationally.
Date: Tuesday 25th November
Time: 12.30-1.00pm
Cost: Free
Dr Phillips is currently a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry working between RHC Glasgow and Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.
Date: Tuesday 28th October
Time: 12.30-1.00pm
Cost: Free
Dr Stewart has worked as a GP for over 30 years. A GP partner in Lothian until 2021 when he moved to Fife to work as a salaried GP and Generalist Clinical Mentor in ScotGEM in St Andrews.
Date: Tuesday 30th September
Time: 12.30-1.00pm
Cost: Free