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OC44 - Supporting the behavioural health of children: temperament-based interventions to support development and reduce risk.

May 2016 | Volume 28 | Number 4 (Suppl) additional children often takes on new meaning, as does the decision to undergo prenatal testing. The purpose of this presentation is to explore reproductive decision-making in families who already have one child with Down syndrome (DS). Five stories from an ongoing cross-cultural study about adaptation and resilience in families of children with DS will be presented. The stories to be presented were purposefully selected because they vividly illustrate the complexity of reproductive decision-making in these families. Moreover, they show that for many families, the prenatal testing experience can be a stressful experience filled with ethical issues. Currently, there is an urgent need for more dialogue between families of children with DS and their health care providers concerning reproductive decision-making.