Program Evaluation: Down Syndrome

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• 22 May 2022
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Date:	22 May 2022
Type:	Final Project Paper
Title:	Program Evaluation: Down Syndrome
School:	SNHU
Class:	PSY-632: Development Psychology
Professor	Dr. Michael Gontarz
Keywords:	Down Syndrome, Trisomy 21, Psychology, Program Evaluation
Summary:	The issue that will be examined in this program evaluation is that of Down syndrome, a genetic disease that is the result of an extra copy of Chromosome 21 being inherited by the individual (Akhtar & Bokhari, 2021). It is found that the presence of all or part of the third copy of chromosome 21 is the most common live born aneuploidy in a human chromosomal structure that causes this syndrome (Akhtar & Bokhari, 2021; Gardiner et al., 2010; Holmes, 2014). Symptoms associated with the syndrome include mental disability, distinctive facial characteristics, and increased risk for heart defects and digestive problems, ranging from mild to severe (NIH, n.d). The risk of having a child with Down syndrome rises with the mother’s age at the time of conception. (Guttmacher, n.d).
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