{"id":156132,"date":"2018-01-10T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T09:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.developmentlogics.org\/article\/help-your-child-become-independent-teaching-them-self-help-skills-downs-syndrome-awareness"},"modified":"2025-03-25T20:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:52:31","slug":"help-your-child-become-independent-teaching-them-self-help-skills-downs-syndrome-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/article\/down-syndrome\/help-your-child-become-independent-teaching-them-self-help-skills-downs-syndrome-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching self-help skills to your child will help them become independent: Downs syndrome awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presentation above shares the tips for teaching self-help skills to your child.<\/p>\n<p>It is important for parents and educators of young children to realize, that just like numbers, colors, and shapes, self-help skills are important for the child to gain with advancing age. The content attached above is prepared in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/downsyndrome.in\/\">Down Syndrome Federation of India<\/a>, it provides tips to help parents understand the need for early self-help training for their children. It also provides awareness of the average age of acquisition of daily skills in children with Down syndrome, in comparison with neurotypical children. Teaching self-help skills to your child will help them to become independent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also download a <a href=\"https:\/\/nayi-disha.org\/article\/caregivers-down-syndrome-handbook\/?lang=English\">caregiver&#8217;s manual<\/a> about understanding the needs and health challenges of individuals with Downs syndrome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about Autism, Down Syndrome, ADHD, or other intellectual disabilities, or have concerns about developmental delays in a child, the Nayi Disha team is here to help. For any questions or queries, please contact our FREE Helpline at<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send\/?phone=918448448996&amp;text&amp;app_absent=0\">844-844-8996<\/a><\/strong>. You can call or what&#8217;s app us. Our counselors speak different languages including English, Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, and Bengali.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: Please note that this guide is for information purposes only. Please consult a qualified health practitioner for safe management.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self help booklet for parents with children with Downs syndrome and tips to aid training them in everyday tasks.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26452,"featured_media":165272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3223],"tags":[42,1092],"conditions":[2802],"age_group":[2739,2738,2737,2736],"article_group":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292408,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156132\/revisions\/292408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156132"},{"taxonomy":"conditions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conditions?post=156132"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=156132"},{"taxonomy":"article_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newtest.nayi-disha.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_group?post=156132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}