A place to thrive

Versatile
Across age groups
AAC Groups
Using communication devices
Home Practice
Activity in-between therapy sessions

The Settings

Down Syndrome Centre DSC is Ireland’s only charity dedicated to clinical, educational and wellbeing services for children with Down syndrome from birth to 18 - and their families. It was founded by Peter and Mary Gaw as a result of their frustration at not being able to access relevant services for their two youngest children, both of whom have Down syndrome.
DSC provides approved approaches at the earliest opportunity to assist children with Down syndrome in achieving developmental milestones throughout their journey to adulthood – reaching their full potential and participating in society. Their team of speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and teachers provide personalized services that evolve with each child’s growth.
Multidisciplinary Therapy
Dublin,
Ireland

The Cognishine - DSC Story

The Down Syndrome Centre has been using Cognishine since one of their SLTs came across it during covid lockdowns as a tool for tele-therapy practices. Since then their use of Cognishine has only grown. Cognishine's versatility enabled it's use in DCS's pre-teen and teen group therapy sessions focusing on self-care, independence and social skills, along with their AAC groups (helping children and their parents to practice using their communication devices).
Lauren Shaw
Clinical Lead and Senior Speech and Language Therapist

"The children see the platform also like a reward and enjoy the 'games' they play with it. The extensive use of real photographs is very good for our children who can have different levels of symbolic understanding. The platform has grown and some sections are customizable allowing the therapist to create folders with specific speech targets (e.g. minimal pairs work). We have also started to use the platform to set home practice for some of the children on our caseload who respond well to activities on a computer or tablet. The feedback we have received from parents has been overwhelmingly positive. I foresee us being able to use Cognishine more and more within our practice as new areas and activities are always developing.”

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