Symbolic Representation in Young Children With Down Syndrome

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to characterize the process of constitution of symbolic representation in infants with Down syndrome, as well as to investigate the relationship between gestures and the emergence of oral language. The investigators hypothesis is that children with Down syndrome could present difficulties during the constitution of symbolic representation that may be related to later deficits on expressive language, generally observed in these children.

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Detailed Description

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According to the Genetic Epistemology, language development is directly related to cognitive construction. Such relationship is clearly observed after the constitution of representation that allows one individual to express his or her thinking through language.

Conditions

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Down Syndrome

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Study group

20 infants with Down syndrome

No interventions assigned to this group

Control Group

15 typically developing children

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* genetic diagnosis of Down Syndrome
* be at the 4th stage of sensorimotor period at the initial assessment
* good health conditions
* good results on audiologic evaluation
* pediatric and ear, nose and throat periodic check ups.

* good health conditions
* be at the 4th stage of sensorimotor period at the initial assessment
* pediatric and ear, nose and throat periodic check ups.

Exclusion Criteria

* submission to long term hospitalizations due to heart diseases and major respiratory airway infections, that may interfere in the child's global development
* presence of visual or auditory important deficits
* historic of prematurely and/or low birth weight

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes