Developmental Journal for Babies and Children with Down syndrome

This material encourages families to record and celebrate their child’s learning and development through the early years. It’s designed to support early intervention by improving everyone’s understanding of the developmental processes involved and by providing a shared basis for discussion as a child grows and changes.

At the heart of the Journal is a set of charts that families use to record what their child is able to do, as time passes and they learn new things.

The Journal is made up of a number of different parts. Download them by clicking on the headings below. Please note that some of files are large, and so make take some time to download.

• How to use the journal – an introductory booklet that explains what the material is for and how to use it. We recommend you look at this first.
• Steps 1 – 11 describe typical patterns of development for babies and young children with Down Syndrome in five main areas of development – communication, social-emotional, cognition and play, motor and sensory, and self-help.
• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
• Step 4
• Step 5
• Step 6
• Step 7
• Step 8
• Step 9
• Step 10
• Step 11
• A developmental profile – this provides a summary, based on information collected in Steps 1-11
• Glossary of the terms used when people talk about young children’s development
• Special achievements and things to celebrate – a record of other achievements and events that families may wish to record.

These materials are Crown copyright.

Training to use the journal

A one-day training workshop is available to help everyone get the best out of this resource.

There's more...

... read about how to use the journal

... order a print copy here

... find out how the Journal was developed.