Prof. Dr. Mone Welsche

Developmental Support in Childhood and Adolescence

Professional career

• PhD University of Hamburg, Department of Movement Sciences (Doctor of Sport Sciences).
• M.A. Somatic Studies and Laban Analysis at the University of Surrey, England.
• Dipl. Päd. Diploma in Special Education and Rehabilitation at the University of Dortmund, Germany with main fields of study in movement education and therapy 
• Since 09/10: Professor for Developmental Support in Childhood and Adolescence at the KH Freiburg
• 04/10: Appointment at the University of Hamburg as junior professor for "Movement and Sport Education with a focus on Movement Diagnosis and Counselling”
• 04/09 - 04/10: Freelance work as lecturer (lectureships at KHSB Berlin, trainings & seminars on topics of movement diagnostics, pedagogy, and therapy), movement analyst (e.g., in the research project at the FU Berlin "Gestures in Alexithymia") and certified pedagogue (organizational consulting and supervision with KJP expert team)
• 10/08 - 04/09: Parental leave
• 10/07-10/08: Worked as a qualified pedagogue and movement therapist at the Martin Gro-pius Eberswalde Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Tasks included the conceptualization and restructuring of specialized therapies areas (music, art, ergo, movement and dance therapy), the implementation of development diagnostics, and the development of therapeutic offers for parents of the family ward.
• 10/99-10/07: Worked as movement therapist at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

Work and research focus

• Movement and sport-oriented approaches in curative education and social work, mental illnesses in childhood and adolescence, educational support, curative developmental support.