Prof Dr Wolfgang Dworschak

• Head of the Chair of Pedagogy for Intellectual Disabilities including Inclusive Pedagogy
• Research and teaching in the fields of pedagogy with intellectual disabilities and inclusive pedagogy
• Head of the degree programme in Pedagogy with Intellectual Disabilities (in-depth studies, § 95 LPO I and qualification studies, § 104 LPO I)
• Member of the Ethics Committee at the University of Regensburg
• Dean of studies of the Faculty of Human Sciences

• 2025 Teaching Innovation Award, category 'Curriculum', University of Regensburg
• 2020 Professorship for Pedagogy for Intellectual Disabilities including Inclusive Pedagogy, University of Regensburg
• 2019 Faculty Award for Good Teaching of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy, LMU Munich
• 2017 Habilitation and Venia Legendi for special education and inclusive pedagogy with a focus on intellectual development, LMU Munich
• 2017 Offer of a university professorship (W 2) for education specialising in inclusive education from a special education perspective (5 years) at the University of Osnabrück; declined
• 2014 Appointment to the university professorship (PH 1) for Special and Inclusive Education at the PH Upper Austria in Linz; declined
• 2012 Senior lecturer, LMU Munich
• 2007 Seconded teacher, LMU Munich
• 2005-2007 Teacher for special education, special needs centre with a focus on intellectual development (0.5) and assistant professor, LMU Munich (0.5)
• 2005 Second State Examination
• 2004 Doctorate on the topic 'Quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities', LMU Munich
• 2003-2005 Legal clerkship
• 2000-2003 Assistant professor (Project 'Lequa': Living in residential care for adults with intellectual disabilities, Head: Prof. Dr Konrad Bundschuh), LMU Munich
• 2000-2003 Doctoral studies (special education), LMU Munich
• 2000 First State Examination
• 1994-2000 Studied special education (teaching degree at special schools), specialising in 'Education for the mentally handicapped', LMU Munich

Current research projects(external link, opens in a new window)(external link, opens in a new window) (external link, opens in a new window)

• AKo (Adaptive competences for intellectual disabilities)
• StaFF (Standards for the assessment of special educational needs)
• Developmental trajectories outpatient (intellectual disability and HV)

Completed research projects(external link, opens in a new window)(external link, opens in a new window) (external link, opens in a new window)

• PoMoS (Pool Model School Support)
• SFGE II (pupils in the FsgE)
• WiBIg (intellectual disability and challenging behaviour)
• Support diagnostics based on the ICF-CY

Completed transfer projects(external link, opens in a new window)(external link, opens in a new window) (external link, opens in a new window)

• Diingu (Digital Inclusion Guide)

Detailed information on the research projects can be found here(external link, opens in a new window)(external link, opens in a new window) (external link, opens in a new window).

Further research interests

• inclusive education at school (especially specialising in intellectual development)
• Inclusion monitoring, educational statistical analyses
• School support on the basis of SGB IX
• Support services in the context of housing
• Digital assistance systems in the context of work

Selection:

Monographs

• Reiter, T., Kapfer, A., Dworschak, W. & Ratz C. (2022). Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour in residential care facilities. Characteristics, pedagogical action, liberty-depriving measures. Würzburg: edition bentheim.
• Dworschak, W. (2004). Quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. Theoretical analysis, empirical recording and fundamental aspects of qualitative network analysis. Bad Heilbrunn: Julius Klinkhardt.

Editorships

• Dworschak, W., Fitzek, T. & Lüders, L. M. (eds.) (2024). Pool models in school counselling. Empirical findings from two pilot projects. Würzburg: bentheim.
• Baumann, D., Dworschak, W., Kroschewski, M., Ratz, C., Selmayr, A. & Wagner, M. (Eds.) (2021). Pupils with a focus on intellectual development II (SFGE II). Bielefeld: Athena with wbv.
• Dworschak, W., Kannewischer S., Ratz, C. & Wagner, M. (Eds.). (2012). Pupils with a focus on intellectual development. An empirical study. Oberhausen: Athena.
• Kannewischer, S., Wagner, M., Winkler C., Dworschak, W. et al. (eds.). (2004). Behaviour as a subjective-sensual form of expression. Commemorative publication for Konrad Bundschuh on his 60th birthday. Bad Heilbrunn: Julius Klinkhardt.

Journal articles (* peer reviewed)

2026

• Baysel, K. & Dworschak, W. (2026). Determining special educational needs - a (too) little regulated field of action. Selected findings from a Bavarian study focussing on intellectual development. Journal of Special Needs Education, 77(3), 105-114
• Dworschak, W. (2026). Autistic pupils with a special educational focus on intellectual development. Empirical findings from Bavaria. Learning in practice, (45)1, 16-17
• Dworschak, W. (2026). Learners with a migration background in special education specialising in intellectual development. Empirical findings from Bavaria. Learning in practice, (45)1, 26-27

2025

• Hackl, K.; Baysel, K. & Dworschak, W. (2025). A decision matrix for assessment diagnostics. Learning in practice, (44)4, 34-37
• Dworschak, W. (2025). Services for participation in school. Opportunities and risks of school support in the context of inclusive education. Youth Welfare, (63)2, 129-134
• Selmayr, A.; Kölbl, S & Dworschak, W. (2025). Which adaptive competences do pupils with a focus on intellectual development have? Traces, 68(2), 20-24. doi: 10.5283/EPUB.77378

2025

• New approaches to school support. 'Pool model school support' pilot projects (2018-2023). Presentation at the KVJS annual conference on 23 January 2025 in Gültstein

2024

• Further developing school support. The potential of pool models in inclusive education. Lecture at the symposium 'Perspektive Schulbegleitung' of Startklar Soziale Arbeit Oberbayern gGmbH on 20 November 2024 in Freilassing
• Standards for determining special educational support needs with a focus on intellectual development - necessity and conceptualisation. Lecture on 22 October 2024 at the Centre for School Quality and Teacher Training in Bad Wildbad
• The potential of school/individual support for inclusive education. Lecture on 9 July 2024 at an information event organised by the Regens Wagner Foundation in Neumarkt
• The potential of pool solutions in school support (SB). Keynote speech at the youth welfare specialist working group at the Eichstätt district office on 11 June 2024 in Eichstätt
• Further developing school support. The potential of school models. Lecture on 1 June 2024 at the 45th KLGH in Ludwigsburg
• Category 'special educational needs' - irritations and impulses for self-assurance. Keynote speech at the vds delegates' meeting on 3 May 2024 in Landshut
• Standards for determining special educational needs in the area of intellectual development - necessity and conceptualisation. Keynote speech at the vds national congress "Anspruch und Alltag - Unterstützung im sonderpädagogischen Schwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung" at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität on 20 April 2024 in Würzburg
• together with Dr Sabine Kölbl and Dr Anna Selmayr: Diagnostics of adaptive behaviour. Workshop at the federal congress "Anspruch und Alltag - Unterstützung im sonderpädagogischen Schwerpunkt Geistige Entwicklung" of the vds at the JMU Würzburg on 20 April 2024
• Pool models in school support - thematic introduction. Lecture at the symposium "Pool models in school support" at the University of Regensburg on 17 April 2024
• Autism with a focus on intellectual development in Bavaria. Empirical findings. Lecture at the symposium 'An den Grenzen II - Autismus im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung' of the Round Table for Special Needs Schools in Bavaria on 21 March in Hilpoltstein
• Further developing school support at special schools and general schools. 'Pool model school support' pilot projects (2019-2023). Presentation of results to the Education Committee and Social Affairs Committee of the Bavarian State Parliament on 14 March 2024
• School support. Beneficiaries - potential of pool models. Presentation at the LAG CBP workshop on 13 March 2024 in Munich

2023

• Further developing school support. The potential of pool models. Lecture at the Quality Assurance in School Support symposium of the Bundesfachverband Schulbegleitung e.V. on 9 November 2023 in Hamburg
• Special schools and school support. Opportunities and risks. Lecture at the ceremony celebrating 50 years of the Sophie Scholl School on 6 July 2023 in Neuburg
• (How) Have the needs of those entitled to school support changed? Empirical findings from the FsdE in Bavaria. Presentation (online) at the CBP Digital Symposium - School Support Update on 8 May 2023
• Challenging behaviour in children and young people with intellectual disabilities. Overview and implications for the pedagogical work of schools and HPT. Lecture at the conference of school and day care centre directors on 2 May 2023 at Irsee Monastery
• Multi-professional collaboration in (inclusive) schools. Lecture at the conference of school and seminar leaders of special schools in Lower Bavaria on 25 April 2023 in Passau

2022

• together with Lisa Lüders and Tobias Fitzek: Coordination forces of pool models in school support and their potential in the context of inclusive school development. Presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the DGfE Special Education Section on 28 September at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale)
• Pool models in school support. Reflections on conditions and potential. Lecture at the Lebenshilfe Bavaria e.V. symposium on 27 July 2022 in Nuremberg
• School support in Bavaria - status quo and development perspectives. Lecture at the workshop discussion 'Schulbegleitung' of the Diakonie Bavaria on 20 July 2022 in Nuremberg
• together with Anna Selmayr: On the intersectionality of disability and migration. A socio-biographical analysis in the area of intellectual development. Lecture at the 43rd Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Disabled in German-speaking countries from 16-18 June in Berlin

2021

• Children and young people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour in residential care facilities - characteristics and pedagogical action. Lecture at the CBP expert forum on 28 October in Fulda
• together with Anna Selmayr: Social inequality of pupils with intellectual disabilities. Presentation at the symposium 'Describing pupils with intellectual disabilties' at the IASSID European Congress 'Value Diversity' on 8 July in Amsterdam

2020

• Inclusion-oriented teaching with heterogeneous learning groups. On the teaching principle of elementarisation. Lecture as part of QUISUGS at the LMU Munich on 14 February in Munich
• together with Prof. Dr Elke Inckemann: Learning, teaching and social integration in inclusive teaching. Keynote speech at the 2nd Inclusive Education Conference 'Wer Inklusion will, (er-)findet Wege' organised by the district of Mühldorf on 22 January in Waldkraiburg

2019

• Multi-professional collaboration in inclusive schools. Lecture at the conference of rectors of special schools and special educational support centres in Lower Saxony on 2 December in Loccum

2018

• Self-determination for people with severe cognitive and multiple disabilities in disability support centres. Training for the province of Salzburg on 25 September in Salzburg
• School assistance - Theoretical foundations, empirical findings and open questions of inclusive school development. Lecture at the Graz Forum on Inclusive Education on 28 June at the University of Graz
• Self-determination, participation and inclusive education of adults with severe multiple disabilities. Further training at the Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk on 26 June in Ursberg
• June 2018 ICF - more than a classification. The fundamental philosophical issues in theology of the ICF with regard to the understanding of 'intellectual disability'. Lecture at the symposium on 'Everything is changing and where is participation' organised by Lebenshilfe Landesverband Bavaria on 7 June in Landshut
• Assistants - on the structural problems and need for professionalisation of school support staff at special schools with a focus on intellectual development. Lecture at the 40th Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Handicapped in German-speaking Countries (KLGH) on 1 June in Rostock
• "Where is inclusive education heading?" - Developments and implications in the area of intellectual development in Bavaria. Lecture at the Lebenshilfe Forum - Opportunities and limits of inclusive education on 16 May in Fürth
• On the educational situation of children and young people with intellectual disabilities and (impending) mental illness. Lecture at the symposium 'Im Blick: Young people with intellectual disabilities and mental illness' organised by KJF Regensburg on 6 March in Regenstauf

2017

• together with Prof Dr Elke Inckemann: Learning, teaching and social integration in classes with a fixed teacher tandem. Lecture as part of the lecture series 'Inclusive education and multilingualism as a challenge for teacher training' at the University of Regensburg on 7 November 2017 in Regensburg
• Pupils of today - clients of tomorrow. Individual characteristics and specific help and support needs of pupils with intellectual disabilities in Bavaria. Lecture at the LAG CBP Bavaria working group on housing on 10 October in Stadtbergen
• Inclusive education from a European perspective - using the example of the educational situation of children and young people with intellectual disabilities. Lecture at the Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk on 29 September in Ursberg
• Short-term residential care for children and young people with intellectual disabilities. Needs analysis in Bavaria - special evaluation for the city and district of Munich. Lecture at the Disability Advisory Council of the City of Munich on 21 June in Munich
• On the social law assistance and support needs of pupils with intellectual disabilities. Lecture at the 39th Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Handicapped in German-speaking Countries (KLGH) on 16 June in Würzburg
• Does school support really contribute to inclusive education? Lecture at the symposium 'School support as a contribution to inclusive education' at the 35th DGKJP Congress in Ulm on 22 March 2017
• School counselling - Theoretical foundations, empirical findings and open questions for (inclusive) school development. Lecture at the Antonio Huber School in Lindenberg on 21 March 2017
• Inclusive education and participation - which school is right for my child with special educational needs? Keynote speech as part of the city council hearing at the 6th Munich All-Day Education Congress on 18 January 2017 in Munich

2016

• Inclusive education - challenges in the context of description, heterogeneity and deprofessionalisation. Presentation at the university public hearing for the professorship "Education with a focus on inclusive education from a special education perspective" (W2) at the University of Osnabrück on 23 November 2016
• Pupils with a focus on intellectual development... Who please? Guest lecture as part of the lecture series 'Inclusive education and multilingualism as a challenge for teacher training' on 22 November 2016 at the University of Regensburg
• On the role of school support in inclusive education in Bavaria. Expert hearing on inclusive education organised by the BLLV on Thursday, 27 October 2016 in Munich
• School support - the means of choice for inclusive education? Lecture at the Baden-Württemberg Foundation's symposium "School support - a driver or brake on inclusive education?" on 5 July in Berlin
• Ensuring participation in education through school support? Keynote speech at the symposium 'School support and teaching: shaping participation and joint learning' organised by IPS Nuremberg and Offenen Angebote der Rummelsberger on 10 June in Nuremberg
• The role of school counsellors in special and mainstream schools. Workshop at the symposium 'Schulbegleitung und Unterricht: Teilhabe und gemeinsames Lernen gestalten' of the IPS Nuremberg and the Offenen Angebote der Rummelsberger on 10 June in Nuremberg
• Research methodological approaches to educational reporting criticised. Presentation at the 38th Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Handicapped in German-speaking Countries (KLGH) on 27 May in Annweiler
• The role of school support in inclusive schools. Lecture at the ALP Dillingen advanced training course no. 90/ 082A on 3 May in Dillingen
• Co-operation with assistants. Lecture at the 2016 vds Special Education Congress 'Respect - Relevance - Resources' on 22 April in Weimar
• together with Prof Dr Elke Inckemann: Supporting social integration through joint teaching? Keynote speech at the Inclusive Education Symposium of the Munich and Upper Bavarian Teachers' Association (MLLV and BLLV Upper Bavaria) on 12 March in Munich
• Support through additional staff - the role of school support. Workshop at the Inclusive Education Conference of the Munich and Upper Bavarian Teachers' Association (MLLV and BLLV Upper Bavaria) on 12 March in Munich
• The "right" school for children with special educational needs. Information on counselling with regard to possible places of education. Training at the training institute of the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria e.V. on 10 March 2016 in Erlangen
• The role of school counsellors in inclusive pupils. Workshop at the symposium 'All inclusive! Inclusive school system in dialogue' on 18 February in Munich
• Assistance in education - for a community of responsibility in the design of inclusive educational programmes. Lecture at the symposium 'Inclusive school system - between aspiration and reality' on 21 January in Berlin

2015

• Short-term residential programmes for children and young people with intellectual disabilities. Lecture at the annual conference of Open Assistance & Outpatient Services of the Lebenshilfe Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V. on 5 November in Hanover
• Which pupils receive school support? Lecture at the 50th conference of lecturers in special needs education in German-speaking countries in Basel (Special Needs Education Section of the DGFE) on 22 September at the FH NW in Basel
• Short-term residential programmes for children and young people with intellectual disabilities. A needs analysis in Bavaria. Presentation of the results of a joint study by the State Parents' Council of Schools with the FsgE and the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria on 2 July 2015 in Erlangen
• Behavioural disorders/challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities. Lecture at the closed meeting of Lebenshilfe Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen on 30/06/2015 in Ohlstadt
• Higher education and educational policy situation at the study centres for special and curative education (pedagogy for people with intellectual disabilities). Lecture at the 37th Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Handicapped in German-speaking Countries (KLGH) on 4 June 2015 in Tutzing
• School support - a panacea for inclusive education? Claim and reality. Lecture at the invitation of the AG Inklusion/ Themengruppe Bildung in cooperation with the Inklusion coordination office of the district of Kelheim on 16 April 2015 in Offenstetten
• School support - How can this measure support the joint education of children with and without special educational needs? Lecture at the symposium 'Bavaria on the way to inclusive schools - practice, research, perspectives' on 12 February 2015 at the University of Würzburg
• Support systems for (joint) teaching. Presentation at the 'Inclusive education' symposium on 26 February 2015 at the Cabrini School Offenstetten

2014

• together with Dr Christoph Ratz and Peter Groß: Assessing support needs in outpatient assisted living: H.M.B.-W. and ICF-BEST in comparison. Lecture at the consozial on 05.11.2014 in Nuremberg.
• together with Dr Christoph Ratz: On the prevalence of behavioural disorders in pupils with a focus on intellectual development in Bavaria ... and the history of the symposium. Introductory lecture at the symposium 'An den Grenzen - Zum Umgang mit Verhaltensstörungen/ herausforderndem Verhalten im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung' on 17.10.2014 in Hilpoltstein.
• Need for help in outpatient assisted living. An ICF-based approach in ABW in Upper Bavaria compared to H.M.B.-W. Keynote speech at the board meeting of the German Society for Curative Education on 4 July 2014 in Munich.
• Support systems for joint teaching. Lecture on the occasion of the federal congress 'Förderschwerpunkte geistige Entwicklung und körperliche und motorische Entwicklung' of the vds Verband Sonderpädagogik e. V. on 16 May 2014 in Dortmund.
• The right school for children with special educational needs. Information on counselling with regard to possible places of education. Training course at the training institute of the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria e.V. on 19 March 2014 in Erlangen
• School support / integration assistance - The right support measure for pupils with (intellectual) disabilities to realise their educational rights at mainstream schools! Lecture and workshop at the training course no. 152301401 organised by the Thuringian Institute for Teacher Training (Thillm) for teachers from Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt on 18 March 2014 in Erfurt
• What is my role as a school counsellor - at special schools and mainstream schools? Further training for school support staff from GLL e.V. Munich on 26 February 2014 in Munich
• Education of children with intellectual disabilities. How can teachers be prepared for this? Lecture on the occasion of the hearing for the professorship for special and inclusion education with a focus on intellectual development at the PH Upper Austria on 14 February 2014 in Linz
• together with Prof. Dr Elke Inckemann: Results from the scientific monitoring of two tandem classes. Lecture on the occasion of the symposium 'Herausforderung Inklusion' of the kbo-Heckscher Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie on 12 February 2014 in Munich
• 'Special educational needs' and its significance for school choice; support options in joint teaching (MSD, school support); overview of school types/educational centres in Bavaria. Seminar "The right school for my child?" organised by the State Parents' Council and the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria e.V. on 8 February 2014 in Munich

2013

• School support - Theoretical foundations, empirical findings and open questions in the context of school development. Keynote speech at the symposium 'Schulbegleitung im Kontext von Inklusion' organised by the Bielefeld education authority on 25 November 2013 in Bielefeld
• School support and integration assistance - results from research. Presentation at the symposium 'Lebenshilfe als Anbieter von Schulbegleitung und Integrationshilfen' on 4 November 2013 in Nuremberg
• Assistance at school in the area of conflict between school law and integration assistance. On the further development of school support. Lecture on the occasion of the 3rd symposium 'School Assistance/Integration Assistance' of Lebenshilfe e.V., Landesverband Niedersachsen on 24 September 2014 in Hanover
• Living as a teaching topic in the area of intellectual development. Lecture and workshop at the training course no. 142301801 of the Thuringian Institute for Teacher Training (Thillm) for teachers from Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt on 18 March 2013 in Erfurt.
• The 'special educational needs' and its significance for school choice; support options in joint teaching (MSD, school support); an overview of school types/places of education in Bavaria. Seminar "The right school for my child?" organised by the State Parents' Council and the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria e.V. on 16 March 2013 in Munich
• Statement at the hearing of the Committees for Social Affairs, Family and Labour as well as Education, Youth and Sport of the Bavarian State Parliament on the topic of 'School support in Bavaria' on 31/01/2013.
• School support - The status quo and implementation in everyday school and classroom life. Lecture at the head teachers' conference of the government of Lower Franconia on 29 January 2013 in Kitzingen

2012

• 'Special educational needs' and its significance for school choice; support options in joint teaching (MSD, school support); an overview of school types/places of education in Bavaria. Seminar "The right school for my child?" organised by the State Parents' Council and the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria on 24 November 2012 in Nuremberg
• Target perspective quality of life. Requirements - support - safeguarding? Lecture at the symposium 'People in the centre of attention' of the Lebenshilfe-Landesverband Bavaria on 15 November 2012 in Roggenburg
• School support - The status quo from a theoretical and empirical perspective. Lecture at the conference 'Schulbegleitung' of the LMU Munich on 12 October 2012 in Munich
• School support - the right support measure for pupils with (intellectual) disabilities to realise their educational rights at mainstream schools? Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Pedagogy of the German Society for Education (DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Pedagogy) on 20 September 2012 in Nuremberg
• Scientific monitoring of a class with a fixed teacher tandem. Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Level Pedagogy of the German Society for Education (DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Level Pedagogy) on 20 September 2012 in Nuremberg (together with Prof. Dr Elke Inckemann, LMU Munich)
• Current challenges for curative day care centres and special needs day care centres with regard to children and young people with a focus on intellectual development - presentation on the occasion of the HPT and SoPT symposium of Lebenshilfe Aichach-Friedberg on 26 July in Aichach
• Pupils with a focus on intellectual development (SFGE) - presentation at the conference of school and day centre managers of the Lebenshilfe regional association in Bavaria on 2 May in Feuchtwangen (together with Dr Christoph Ratz, University of Würzburg)
• School support at the general school - Central results of a study on school support in the special needs area of intellectual development in Bavaria. Presentation at the closing event of the QuaSi project on 15 March 2012 in Erfurt
• Inclusive education in a fixed teacher tandem. Presentation of the scient. Presentation of the scientific monitoring of the Trostberg tandem class (TTK) at the annual conference of elementary school educators on 10 February 2012 at the LMU Munich (together with Prof. Dr. Elke Inckemann, elementary school education)
• Pupils with a focus on intellectual development (SFGE) - presentation at the training course for head teachers of Swabian special schools, special vocational schools and schools for the sick (Swabian government) on 30 January 2012

2011

• Presentation of the research results of the SFGE project (pupils with a focus on intellectual development) on 9 December at the LMU Munich (together with Dr Sybille Kannewischer, Dr Christoph Ratz and Prof. Dr Michael Wagner)
• School companions/integration assistants. Current research results - implications - open questions. Lecture at the conference 'School and Day Care' of Lebenshilfe LV Bavaria e. V. on 18/19 May 2011 in Herrsching
• Offering every child the right setting: Creating and expanding options. From special educational needs to the "right" type of school. Lecture on the occasion of the family conference of the BV Lebenshilfe and the Federal Parents' Council on 17/18 September 2010 in Marburg
• School companions/integration assistants - Quo vadis? On the localisation of an individual measure for integration into the general school or special school. Lecture at the 32nd KLGH (Conference of Teachers of Education for the Mentally Handicapped at Academic Universities in German-speaking Countries) in Interlaken (CH)
• School support in the special needs area of intellectual development. Definition and first research results. Lecture on the occasion of the 2nd symposium 'School Assistance' of Lebenshilfe e. V. Landesverband Niedersachen in Hanover in June 2010

2009

• Realising - promoting - securing quality of life? Staff training course organised by the association Gemeinsam Leben Lernen - GLL e. V. Munich in October 2009

2008

• Living in a care home - an outdated model? Lecture at the symposium 'Living in the centre of society. Will the future of care for the disabled be homeless?" at the Johannes-Anstalten Mosbach (College for Social Work) in June 2008

Memberships

• Working Group on Empirical Research in Special Needs Education (AESF)
• German Society for Education (DGfE)
• German University Association (DHV)
• German Interdisciplinary Society for the Promotion of Research for People with Intellectual Disabilities (DIFGB)
• Special Needs Education Association (vds)
• Round Table for Special Needs Education in Bavaria

Editorships

• Co-editor of the Vierteljahresschrift für Heilpädagogik und ihre Nachbargebiete (VHN)

Reviewer activities - journals

• Contributions to teacher training (BzL)
• Empirical special education
• QfI - Qualification for inclusive education
• Special educational support today
• Quarterly journal for special needs education and its neighbouring fields (VHN)
• Journal for pedagogy

further review activities

• Swiss National Fund
• Munich Social Court

Advisory board work

• Baden-Württemberg Foundation: School support (2015-2016)
• German Youth Institute: Methodological study and on growing up with disabilities in Germany (2016-2020)
• Bavarian State Parliament and State Government: Implementation of inclusive education in schools (2025-2028)