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Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a deletion of ~26 genes on chromosome 7q11.23 (Hillier et al., 2003), which occurs in 1 of 7,500 live births (Strømme, Bjørnstad, & Ramstad, 2002). The WS phenotype is typically associated with moderate intellectual disability, specific “elfin” facial structure and physical anomalies cardiac problems, hyper social behavior, anxieties, and a need for lifelong support (Pober, 2010, Royston, Waite & Howlin, 2019). The WSS belongs to the group of rare diseases (according to the European Union if less than five out of 10,000 people are affected).
Current research focuses mainly on clinical characteristics, thus providing important implications for medical management. Parents, therapists and professional caregivers are able to find very few usable implications for everyday-life challenges though.
Our team is comprised of researchers and clinicians who specialize in behavioral and/or educational outcomes and interventions for individuals with Williams syndrome.
Weitere Infos: WS iREACH
The junior research group »WBS in Resonance« was founded in 2016 by Ingolf Prosetzky and Vera Danielsmeier at the HSZG. The term "resonance" stands for an intersubjective "attunement" that is a central aspect of experience for individuals with WS (Prosetzky, 2014). The core group consists of students from the Bachelor's course in Special needs education/Inclusion studies.
More information: www.hszg.de/wbs
How to improve the quality of life of people with Williams Syndrome? Comment améliorer la qualité de vie des personnes porteuses du Syndrome de Williams? – Assessing the Needs for Tailored Supports (04/2019 - 04/2021, TRAWOS-Institut)
Initiation of International Collaboration – Enhancing Understanding of Friendship Development, Feelings of Loneliness, and Experiences of Social Victimization Among Individuals with Williams Syndrome to Inform Research and Improve Outcomes for Individuals with Intellectual Disability (04/2019 - 04/2021, TRAWOS-Institut)
Loneliness, social vulnerability and their psychological complications under conditions of intellectual disability - Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) as a key to understanding the development of the concept of "friendship"? (04/2019 - 12/2021, TRAWOS-Institut)
Development, programming and design of two apps to support children and adolescents with the WS (02/2020-12/021)
Prosetzky, I. (2019): „Friendship and Loneliness – WS Regional Conference/Family meeting at the University of applied sciences Zittau/Görlitz (in German). In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 72-76.
Prosetzky, I. (2019): Report from the visit to the WSA National Convention 2018 in the USA (in German). In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 54-57.
Prosetzky, I. (2019): The “Friendship” category in the Cultural-historical theory – suggestions for/through the Williams syndrome research. (in German) In: Jahrbuch der Luria-Gesellschaft 2019, 61-91, ISBN: 978-3-96543-081-5
Siegert, A.; Prosetzky, I. (2019): EAMHID- Congress to strengthen municipal cooperation between researchers, professional helpers, people with intellectual disabilities and their families. (in German) In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 40-43.
Prosetzky, I., Danielsmeier, V. (2018): Buildung a Competence Center for Wiliams Syndrome at the Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz – Current Research, Teaching and Third Mission. ACC Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 3, DOI: 10.15240/tul/004/2018-3-010
Danielsmeier, V.; Prosetzky, I. (2018): WS Regional Conference/Family meeting at the University of applied sciences Zittau/Görlitz (in German). In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 46, S.78-79.
Prosetzky, I. (2018): Selected impulses for the concrete pedagogical support of individuals with WS. Report from International Meeting on Williams-Beuren Syndrome "Building our Future" in Madrid/Spain. (in German) In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 46, S.34-35.
Danielsmeier, V.; Groba, L.; Prosetzky, I. (2017): New research group from University of applied sciences Zittau/Görlitz starts research series at the 2017 National German WS Convention (in German). In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 45, S. 72-74.
Prosetzky, I. (2017): Current pedagogical and everyday life relevant knowledge about the WS. (in German) In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 45, S.70-71.
Prosetzky, I. (2014): More than the sum of his symptoms: The cultural-historical neuropsychology and pedagogy of the Williams-Beuren-Syndroms. (in German) Berlin: Lehmanns Media. Schriftenreihe International Cultural-historical Human Sciences. Band 48.
Prosetzky, I.: The challenges of teaching individuals with rare neurodevelopmental disorders in inclusive school setting – The case of Williams syndrome and how we can learn from each other. 09. December 2019, Masaryk University Brno (Oral presentation).
Prosetzky, I.: On the way to a more well-rounded understanding of the whole person with Williams syndrome – Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria’s cultural-historical neuropsychology approach. 01.October 2019, Michigan State University (Oral presentation).
Danielsmeier, V.: What do you need? How do you cope? Including everyday experience of patients and their professional caregivers in the development of suited health care programs for rare diseases. National Conference about rare diseases, 26.-27. September 2019, Berlin (Poster presentation).
Prosetzky, I.: Friendship and Loneliness – For a better understanding of social behavior under conditions of Williams Syndrome. II. WS Regional Conference/Family meeting, 11. May 2019, HSZG, Görlitz (Oral presentation).
Prosetzky, I.: The “Friendship” category in the Cultural-historical theory – suggestions for / through the Williams syndrome research Luria-Gesellschaft, 31. March 2019, Villa Ichon Bremen (Oral presentation).
Prosetzky, I.: Current pedagogical and everyday life relevant knowledge about the WS. I. WS Regional Conference/Family meeting, 21. April 2018, HSZG, Görlitz (Oral presentation).
Danielsmeier, V.: Towards a tailored support for Williams Syndrome. Learning from individual everyday life experience A holistic multiperspective Mixed Methods study. International Meeting on Williams-Beuren Syndrome "Building our Future". 10.-11. November 2017, Genral Hospital La Paz Madrid (Poster presentation).
Danielsmeier, V. (2017): Understanding Auditory Aversions in Williams Syndrome. A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Approach. International Meeting on Williams-Beuren Syndrome "Building our Future". 10.-11. November 2017, Genral Hospital La Paz Madrid (Poster presentation).
Danielsmeier, V. (2017): Wie erleben Personen mit Williams-Beuren-Syndrom Ängste gegenüber Geräuschen? 13. Berliner Methodentreffen Qualitatve Forschung, 21.-22. July 2017, Freie Universität Berlin (Poster presentation).
Prosetzky, I.: Current pedagogical and everyday life relevant knowledge about the WS – Insights into selected international research studies. Bundestreffen des Bundesverbandes WBS e.V., 21.05.2017, Sternhotel in Willingen (Oral presentation).
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