Center for Opportunities & Outcomes for People with Disabilities
Center for Opportunities & Outcomes for People with Disabilities
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Williams Syndrome Adaptation of the ESCAPE Curriculum
Linda Hickson, Ph.D and Ishita Khemka, Ph.D Teachers College, Columbia University
This recent project, supported by the
Williams Syndrome Association, in 2002-2004, adapted the ESCAPE
Curriculum to the specific needs of women with Williams Syndrome.
Research has suggested that people with Williams Syndrome may be
particularly vulnerable to victimization due to some of the prominent
characteristics often seen in individuals with this syndrome,
particularly in regard to their outgoing, trusting approach to social
interactions. The findings of this project indicated that project
participants at the Berkshire Hills Music Academy who received
ESCAPE-WS, the adapted version of the curriculum, increased their rate
of active, prevention-focused decision making in hypothetical
situations involving abuse.
Copies of the ESCAPE-WS curriculum,
tailored to the needs of women with Williams Syndrome, are now
available.
For
additional information about this project, contact oopd@columbia.edu
