Resource Library

Education and Cognition

• Decoding the IEP Form – Step by Step
• High School Diploma vs. Certificate
• Information for Teachers
• Intellectual Assessment...Common Profiles and Testing Tools (updated 2017)
• Intellectual Assessment Scoring Figures (added 2017)
• Language and Literacy Development of Children With Williams Syndrome
• Therapies for Education: Assistive Technology
• Therapies for Education: Music Therapy
• Therapies for Education: Occupational Therapy
• Therapies for Education: Physical Therapy
• Therapies for Education: Speech Therapy
• Williams Syndrome: Apps That Can Help (2017 version)
• Wrightslaw Yellow Pages for Kids
• Achieving Inclusion (added 2017)
• Educational Profile Factsheet (added 2017)
• Relevancy Matters: Access to Grade Level Curriculum

Medical

• Peri-procedural risk stratification and management of patients
  with Williams syndrome
• Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Alleles are Associated with Joint Dislocation and Scoliosis in Williams Syndrome
• Diagnosis and Management of Medical Problems in Adults With Williams–Beuren Syndrome
• Health Care Supervision for Children With Williams Syndrome
• High Prevalence of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in Adults With Williams Syndrome
• Multisystem Study of 20 Older Adults with Williams Syndrome
• Medical Progress: Williams–Beuren Syndrome
• Health Watch Table - Williams Syndrome Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University
• WSA Increases Research Funding for 2017  (added 2017)

Cardiovascular

• Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database
• Cardiovascular Disease in Williams Syndrome
• Congenital Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis and Sudden Death Associated with Anesthesia: What’s the Mystery?
• Intracranial Arteries in Individuals with the Elastin Gene Hemideletion of Williams Syndrome
• Risk assessment and anesthetic management of patients with Williams syndrome: a comprehensive review

• Factsheet for MDs: GI Concerns in Adults with Williams Syndrome
• Sigmoid Diverticulitis in Patients with Williams–Beuren Syndrome: Relatively High Prevalence and High Complication Rate in Young Adults with the Syndrome

Genetics

• The Genetics of Williams Syndrome: An Update
• Hearing From Parents: The Impact of Receiving the Diagnosis of Williams Syndrome in Their Child
• Neural mechanisms in Williams syndrome: a unique window to genetic influences on cognition and behaviour

Auditory

• Auditory Function and Hearing Loss in Children and Adults with Williams Syndrome: Cochlear Impairment in Individuals with Otherwise Normal Hearing

• Anxiety & Mood Problems in People with Williams Syndrome
• Attacking Anxiety: A Step-by-Step Guide to an Engaging Approach to Treating Anxiety and Phobias in Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (book)
• Helping Families of Children with Williams Syndrome Cope with the Death of a Loved One; Getting started…
• Replays: A new play based technique for helping children with WS with emotional and behavioral challenges
• Study about the online behavior of adults with WS (added 2017)