There are laws that ensure the educational rights for children to basic education since they are six years-old, providing early exposure to teaching strategies aiming literacy. Educational inclusion of children with Down syndrome (DS) occurs in early childhood education and has become increasingly common, providing unique opportunities for cognitive development, including literacy. The diversity of learners with individual educational needs, without proper support from an interdisciplinary team, hinders the acquisition of reading and writing equally. The educators' misunderstanding about minimum prerequisites necessary for literacy also contributes to their failure. One of these prerequisites is phonological awareness, ability that usually is not intentionally developed in early childhood education. Strategies that aim to guide educators in the objective development of phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome may contribute to the educational inclusion. Or would it be possible to educationally include this population without any curricular adaptations or an interdisciplinary effective work?
Literacy; Down Syndrome; Child Rearing