Graduate of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health and Welfare Professions, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus (2011)
OUR PEOPLE
Antiope Papadimitriou
Speech and Language Therapist · NFR Padovan Therapist
Scientific Director of Mathiteia+
BIOGRAPHY
Ongoing learning, care and respect.
“In 2011, I completed my studies in the Department of Speech and Language Therapy at the School of Health and Welfare Professions of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus. In September 2009, I joined the Erasmus programme at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, Essex, where I attended lectures and training in the field of speech and language therapy. Since then, I have continued to practise speech and language therapy while pursuing ongoing professional development, with care and respect for the needs of the children and families I have supported over the years.”
STUDIES
Education
Department of Education
Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex
Erasmus Programme, September 2009 – January 2010
PROFESSIONAL PATH
Clinical experience
Mathiteia+ Therapy and Education Centre
Scientific Director of the centre. Individual speech and language therapy sessions for children with developmental disorders and for adults. Organisation of therapeutic programmes and oversight of the centre’s therapy spaces. Therapy groups and parent training groups. Supervisor of speech and language therapy students undertaking clinical placements.
Individual speech and language therapy sessions and an outreach programme for adults
Individual speech and language therapy sessions and an outreach programme for adults with neurodegenerative conditions (dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment), as well as following strokes.
Mathiteia – Metagnosi
Individual speech and language therapy sessions for children and adults. Coordinator of therapeutic programmes from 2017. Children’s groups. Participation in multidisciplinary teams. Application of the TEACCH method and alternative communication systems such as PECS and MAKATON.
“Taxidi stin Anaptyxi” Centre for Specialised Therapies
Clinical placement. Observation of and participation in individual speech and language therapy sessions for children with developmental disorders. Participation in the centre’s multidisciplinary teams and supervision sessions.
“Taxidi stin Anaptyxi” Centre for Specialised Therapies
Individual speech and language therapy sessions for children with developmental disorders. Participation in the centre’s multidisciplinary teams and supervision with Mr Vogindroukas and Mr Voutyrakos. Organisation and creation of useful therapeutic material.
Foundation for Social Work – Chatzipaterio Centre for the Rehabilitation and Support of Children
Individual speech and language therapy sessions for children with cerebral palsy and syndromes. Accompanying children on excursions. Feeding support for children, with supervision on matters of paediatric dysphagia. Application of the TEACCH method and alternative communication systems such as PECS and MAKATON. Participation in the organisation’s multidisciplinary teams alongside neurologists, child psychiatrists and paediatric physiotherapists.
School-based individual support
Support and organisation for children with pervasive developmental disorders in private and public nurseries and kindergartens. Application of the MAKATON method in the school setting.
Foundation for Social Work – Chatzipaterio Centre for the Rehabilitation and Support of Children
Volunteer work as an assistant in the educational programme. Creation of educational materials. Supervision of children with cerebral palsy in the school environment and support in following the classroom’s daily programme.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Selected training and seminars
- 01
Basic PECS Training — Ioannina, 19–20 June 2010
- 02
September 2008 – June 2009: Greek Sign Language classes, Association of Deaf and Hard of Hearing People of Epirus and the Ionian Islands, Ioannina branch
- 03
First Aid Seminar — ACTIONMED — Athens, 15 June 2011
- 04
Cygnet Programme — structured programme for training parents and carers in understanding the autism spectrum — Athens, 2020
- 05
Padovan Method — Neurofunctional Reorganisation, Part 2: Oral Functions 1 — Thessaloniki, 26–29 August 2011
- 06
Padovan Method — Neurofunctional Reorganisation, Part 3: Oral Functions 2 — Thessaloniki, 21–24 January 2012
- 07
Padovan Method — Neurofunctional Reorganisation, Part 4: Learning Difficulties — Dyslexia, Dysorthography, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Autism and Aphasia — Thessaloniki, 27–30 August 2013
- 08
Padovan Method — Neurofunctional Reorganisation, Part 5: Neuromuscular Functions — Neurology — Thessaloniki, 14–17 March 2013
- 09
Padovan Method — Neurofunctional Reorganisation, Part 1: Body Exercises — Thessaloniki, 1–4 June 2013
- 10
“Specific Language Impairment (SLI) — Diagnosis and Management” — Athens, 23 November 2013
- 11
“Childhood Stuttering — Assessment and Therapeutic Management” — Athens, 6–8 December 2013
- 12
Ongoing supervision with speech and language therapist Georgia Vorisi.
SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATION
Conferences
11th Conference of the Panhellenic Association of Speech and Language Therapists, total duration 24 hours: “Language Difficulties & Written Language in the Context of School Learning” — Athens, 23–25 November 2007
1st Scientific Conference on Speech and Language Therapy — SELLE — Ioannina, 10–12 November 2017
3rd Scientific Conference on Speech and Language Therapy — SELLE — Athens, 11–13 November 2022
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