For more than 25 years people have known that children and adults with Down syndrome have a specific impairments in working memory. Within the working memory system, they have particular difficulty with the verbal short-term memory part of the system. However, memory training may become more popular as recent work with both children with Down syndrome and non-disabled children has shown positive effects. This article reports two studies which indicate that memory activities may be effective for children with Down syndrome. These studies were conducted by Francis Conners and colleagues and Sue Gathercole and colleagues. (Contains 1 box.)