Books on Williams Syndrome

WS Reference Page:

Anna Pendrak has a great site with this list of books on WS:

"Books on Williams Syndrome

* Fulfilling Dreams - The WS Parent Handbook
* Journey from Cognition to Brain to Gene: Perspectives from Williams Syndrome
* Language Availabilities in Williams Syndrome (Neurocognitive Developments and Impairments)
* The (Strangest) Song: One Father's Quest to Help His Daughter Find Her Voice
* The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Williams Syndrome: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
* Understanding Williams Syndrome: Behavioral Patterns and Interventions
* Variability of the Cranial And Dental Phenotype in William's Syndrome
* Williams Syndrome - A Bibliography and Dictionary for Physicians, Patients, and Genome Researchers
* Williams Syndrome Across Languages (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders)
* Williams Syndrome: A Special Double Issue of developmental Neuropsychology (Developmental Neuropsychology)
* Williams Syndrome: Approaches to Intervention
* Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Research, Evaluation, and Treatment"

Williams Syndrome eBook Downloads

williams syndrome eBook Downloads

I have not used this site before, but the few I tried seemed to work fine. There are a number of helpful articles here, all in pdf format for easy download.

New Book on Cognitive Development in Williams Syndrome to be Published

Johns Hopkins Gazette | April 13, 2009:

"Barbara Landau is the Dick and Lydia Todd Professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science. Her work focuses on language learning, spatial representation and the relationships between these foundational systems of human knowledge. 'The fellowship will allow me to work full-time during my sabbatical this coming year on a book that illuminates the nature of spatial knowledge in people with an unusual genetic deficit that results in severely impaired understanding of space,' Landau said. The book, she said, will be titled 'Gene, Brain, Mind and Development: The Puzzle of Williams Syndrome' and is under contract with Oxford University Press. 'I'll be spending most of the year here at Johns Hopkins but will also be traveling a bit to work with colleagues who specialize in the nature of human spatial knowledge,' she said."

New book chronicles family's challenges raising daughter with Williams Syndrome

Community Press - Book chronicles family's challenges:

"'Another Day, Another Challenge,' Strebe's first published work, is the story of a girl with Williams Syndrome and the story of a family that dealt with the challenges - it is the story of Strebe's youngest daughter Michelle."

Of Books and Boys: Book Review: Musicophilia

Of Books and Boys: Book Review: Musicophilia

The final section discusses "Emotion, Identity, and Music." Different people have differing susceptibilities to music. Individuals with Aspergers may have intricate knowledge of many subjects, yet experience difficulty feeling an emotional response to music, while a whole group of individuals with Williams Syndrome can spend every waking moment engrossed in music and be unable to tie a shoe or add 3 + 5.