How to access a specific item in a Listbox with DataTemplate?

Thank you for your help guys!! Finally i got it. Solved the problem with the VisualTreeHelper. What a great function ^^

private void ContactListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (ContactListBox.SelectedIndex == -1)
            return;

        currentSelectedListBoxItem = this.ContactListBox.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(ContactListBox.SelectedIndex) as ListBoxItem;

        if (currentSelectedListBoxItem == null)
            return;

        // Iterate whole listbox tree and search for this items
        TextBox nameBox = helperClass.FindDescendant<TextBox>(currentSelectedListBoxItem);
        TextBlock nameBlock = helperClass.FindDescendant<TextBlock>(currentSelectedListBoxItem);

helperFunction

public T FindDescendant<T>(DependencyObject obj) where T : DependencyObject
    {
        // Check if this object is the specified type
        if (obj is T)
            return obj as T;

        // Check for children
        int childrenCount = VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(obj);
        if (childrenCount < 1)
            return null;

        // First check all the children
        for (int i = 0; i < childrenCount; i++)
        {
            DependencyObject child = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(obj, i);
            if (child is T)
                return child as T;
        }

        // Then check the childrens children
        for (int i = 0; i < childrenCount; i++)
        {
            DependencyObject child = FindDescendant<T>(VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(obj, i));
            if (child != null && child is T)
                return child as T;
        }

        return null;
    }

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