Faculty of Social Sciences Field of appointment: Special Education/Inclusion Studies
Research Areas
Educational and everyday insights into Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS)
Loneliness and friendship in the context of intellectual disability
Rehistoricization and cultural-historical human sciences
Current Research Projects at TRAWOS
»WBS – Mehr als freundlich« podcast
Completed Research Projects at TRAWOS
WBS - Coping with everyday life and self-help options for families: Psychosocial challenges in coping with everyday life and resources for self-help options for families with a child with intellectual disabilities, using Williams-Beuren syndrome as an example (10/2023 - 12/2024)
WBS - Needs Analysis II: „How can we improve the quality of life for people with Williams-Beuren syndrome? - Comment améliorer la qualité de vie des personnes porteuses du syndrome de Williams?" (04/2019 - 06/2022)
WBS and Friendship I: Establishing international cooperation - Gaining a better understanding of the development of friendships, feelings of loneliness and victimization in people with WBS! (04/2019 - 06/2022)
Participatory (social) research: Linking and applying social analytical, formative, and supportive research approaches (06/2018 - 12/2021)
WBS and friendship II: Loneliness, social vulnerability and their psychological consequences under conditions of intellectual disability – Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) as the key to understanding the development of the concept of “friendship”? (04/2019 - 12/2021)
Events
Public lecture series in the 2017/18 winter semester “The Federal Participation Act and its (possible) consequences for the region”, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
First family meeting of the WBS regional group Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony /Symposium on WBS on April 2018, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, topic of the symposium: “My friend must be a heater!” - Friendship, loneliness, and social vulnerability WBS symposium
Second family meeting of the WBS regional group Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony /Symposium on Williams-Beuren syndrome on May 2019, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, topic of the symposium: “My friend must be a heater!” - Friendship, loneliness, and social vulnerability WBS symposium
Lectures
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: Current pedagogical and everyday findings on WBS on April 21, 2018: WBS symposium, Görlitz.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: The category of “friendship” in cultural-historical theory – inspiration for/from research into Williams-Beuren syndrome?! on March 31, 2019: Luria Society, Bremen.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: Friendship and loneliness – Towards a better understanding of social behavior in conditions of Williams-Beuren syndrome on May 11, 2019: WBS symposium, Görlitz.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: 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 on October 1, 2019: Michigan State University.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: 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 on December 9, 2019: Masaryk University Brno.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: Towards a tailored support for Williams syndrome. Learning from individual everyday life experience. A holistic multiperspective mixed methods study on December 17, 2019: Seattle Club Conference, University College London.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: Loneliness and friendship in the context of intellectual disability – insights into key findings from research and selected practical examples on November 24, 2021: BHP-Online Educational Trip. Recognize vulnerability. Allow relationships. For a healing pedagogy in resonance, online.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Podcast: Budgies and Sparrows – A narrative podcast about everyday life with intellectual disabilities in the GDR onMay 23, 2024: Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship. Dealing with disability after 1945. The GDR and West Germany from an international perspective, Erfurt.
Prosetzky, I., Fischer, B., Danielsmeier, V.: Lecture: Strategies for improving the quality of life of individuals with Williams Beuren Syndrome and their families. International symposium “Advancing with Williams Syndrome” on June 20, 2024: Geneva University Hospital.
Prosetzky, I., Danielsmeier, V.: Lecture: Emotional stress in the family system and coping strategies. International symposium “Advancing with Williams Syndrome” on June 21, 2024: Geneva University Hospital.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: Loneliness in the context of cognitive impairment – ideas for successful social relationships on November 5, 2024: Hamburg Working Group for Health Promotion, conference Together Against Loneliness, Hamburg.
Prosetzky, I., Falkenstörfer, S.: Lecture: Holding contradictions in educational contexts on November 16, 2024: 55. BHP-federal conference. With recognition! Special education in exploring potential, Erfurt.
Prosetzky, Ingolf: Lecture: „Loneliness in conditions of intellectual disability – Introduction to the state of research" on February 27, 2026: Symposium of the German Society for Mental Health in People with Intellectual Disabilities (DGSGB), Kassel.
Publications
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
Prosetzky, I. (2018): Ausgewählte Impulse zur konkreten pädagogischen Unterstützung von Personen mit WBS. Bericht vom International Meeting on Williams-Beuren-Syndrome "Building our Future" in Madrid/Spanien. In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 46, 34-35.
Prosetzky, I. (2019): „Freundschaft, Einsamkeit und soziale Verletzlichkeit“ – WBS-Fachtagung in der Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz. In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 72-76.
Prosetzky, Ingolf (2019): Bericht vom Besuch der WSA-National Convention 2018 in den USA. In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 54-57.
Prosetzky, Ingolf (2019): Die Kategorie ›Freundschaft‹ in der Kulturhistorischen Theorie – Anregungen für/durch die Erforschung des Williams-Beuren-Syndroms?!. In: Jahrbuch der Luria-Gesellschaft 2019, 61-91, ISBN: 978-3-96543-081-5
Siegert, Ariane; Prosetzky, Ingolf (2019): EAMHID-Kongress zur Stärkung kommunaler Zusammenarbeit von Forschenden, Professionell Helfenden, Personen mit einer geistigen Behinderung und deren Familien. In: Wir üBer unS/Umschau. Zeitschrift des Bundesverbandes WBS. Heft 47, 40-43.
Sideropoulos, V.; Van Herwegen, J.; Meuleman, B.; … Prosetzky, I. …; Samson, A.C. (2023): Anxiety, concerns and COVID-19: Cross-country perspectives from families and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Journal of Global Health 13:0408. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.04081.
