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“Music is My Life”: A journey for individuals with Williams Syndrome
Eunmi Emily Kwak
Michigan State University
kwakeunm@msu.edu
emkwak@gmail.com
February 16, 2008
Williams Syndrome Books and Articles:
Bellugi, U, St. George, M, & Galaburda, A. M. (Eds.), Journey from cognition to brain to
gene : perspectives from Williams Syndrome. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Morris, C. A., Lenhoff, H, M & Wang, P. P (Eds.), Williams-Beuren Syndrome: research,
evaluation, and treatment. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Scheiber, B. (2000). Fulfilling dreams-Book 1. A handbook for parents of Williams Syndrome
children. . Clawson, MI: : Williams Syndrome Association.
Semel, E., & Rosner, S. R. (2003). Understanding Williams Syndrome: Behavioral Patterns
and Interventions. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
Song, (2003). 송옥경 (2003). 윌리엄스 증후군 아동의 언어 및 운동 발달에 미치
는 음악치료의 효과 [Effect of music therapy intervention on vocabulary skills and
fine motor skills in toddler with Williams Syndrome]. Unpublished master’s thesis,
Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea.
Sforza, T. L. H. L. S. (2006). The strangest song : one father's quest to help his daughter find
her voice : the compelling story of the link between a rare genetic disorder and
musical talent: Prometheus Books.
Related Books and Articles:
Mervis, C. B., & Klein-Tasman, B. P. (2000). Williams Syndrome: Cognition, personality, and
adaptive behavior. Mental Retardation, and Developmental Disabilities Research
Reviews, 6(2), 148-158.
National Research Council (U.S.). (2000). How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and
school (Expanded ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Ormrod, J. E. (2003). Human learning (4th ed.). Merrill Upper Saddle River, NJ: PrenticeHall, Inc.
Overy, K. (2000). Dyslexia, Temporal Processing and Music: The Potential of Music as an
Early Learning Aid for Dyslexic Children. Psychology of Music, 28(2), 218.
Overy, K. (2003). Dyslexia and music: From timing deficits to musical intervention. Annals of
the New York Academy of Sciences, 999, 497-505.
Overy, K., Nicolson, R. I., Fawcett, A. J., & Clarke, E. F. (2003). Dyslexia and music:
measuring musical timing skills. Dyslexia, 9(1), 18-36.
Reid, R., & Lienemann, T. O. (2006). Strategy instruction for students with learning
disabilities: Guilford Press.
Zatorre, R. J. (2003). Absolute pitch: a model for understanding the influence of genes and
development on neural and cognitive function. Nature Neuroscience, 6(7), 692-695.
Website
http://www.williams-syndrome.org/