Anastasia Alevriadou, Ph.D. Professor , Cognitive Psychologist with emphasis in Special Education

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Anastasia Alevriadou, Ph.D.
Professor , Cognitive Psychologist with emphasis in Special
Education
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anastasia_Alevriadou

A. Education

1995-1998 Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thesis Title: The development of visuospatial abilities in mentally retarded
and normally developing children, Advisor: Professor D. Natsopoulos.
Excellent 10/10.

1992-1995 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Cognitive Psychology, Department of
Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thesis Title: Conceptual categorization and analogical reasoning in
congenitally blind and sighted children, Advisor: Professor D. Natsopoulos.
Excellent 10/10.

1987-1991 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Pedagogic
and Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Excellent 8.60/10, rank: top 1%.

B. WORK EXPERIENCE

1994-1998 Psychologist at the American College of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998-1999 Lecturer at the University of Crete, Greece.
2000-2004 Senior Lecturer, University of Western Macedonia.
2005-2010 Assistant Professor at the same university.
2011-2016 (August) Associate Professor.
2016-present Full Professor of Special Education.

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C. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. From 1996-1998: Research Assistant in the undergraduate course of Cognitive
Psychology with emphasis in special populations.
2. Taught at the EU-funded program “Evaluation of children with learning disabilities”,
Department of Psychology and Department of Education, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Μay 1998 (50 h).
3. Psychologist at the American College of Thessaloniki, Greece. Full time position. Taught
psychology to high school students (1994-1998). Counselor for children with special
needs and vocational counseling.
4. Taught K-12 educators about gender issues and psychological well-being (Crete, Μay
1999).
5. Taught K-12 educators at the Primary Special School of Rethymno, Crete, about diversity
and inclusion (November 1998 - Μay 1999).
6. Taught courses on “Psycho-pedagogy” and “Vocational Guidance for Individuals with
Special Educational Needs” funded by EU (Universities of Athens and Thessaloniki, April-
Μay 1999 and Αpril 2000, 150 hours).
7. Taught courses on “Metacognitive strategies and school achievement by children with
learning disabilities” funded by EU (June 1999).
8. Taught course on “Education of students with intellectual disabilities” at the Vocational
Center for teachers (Pedagogical Academy «D. Glinos» of the Department of Primary
Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 1999 till 2011).
9. Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Crete; taught (Fall semester)
1) Cognitive development, 2) Intellectual Disabilities 3) Educational Psychology, 4)
Developmental Psychopathology (1998-1999).
10. Visiting Professor, University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social
Policy (specialization in Special Education); taught: a) Cognitive Psychology, 2)
Intellectual Disabilities, and 3) Psychological Assessment (1999-2010).
11. Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
“Intelligence, Intellectual Disability and Emotional Intelligence” (2002).
12. Senior Lecturer at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of
University of Western Macedonia (2000-2004).
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13. From February 2005, Assistant Professor (“Psychology with emphasis in children with
special needs”. Courses taught α) Developmental Psychopathology, b) Education of
children with intellectual disabilities, c) Cognitive Psychology, b) Early Intervention
Programs and Disability. From March 2010 till August 2016, Associate Professor.
14. Erasmus taught (program in English) “Mental Retardation”, School of Education, Florina
(2005).
15. Taught courses about Mental Retardation at the Pedagogical Institute of Greece (June
2002) (50 hours).
16. Taught educators about “Disability in the Secondary Education” at the Vocational Center
in the city of Kozani, Western Macedonia (October, 2003) (40 hours).
17. Taught educators “Educating the educators for children and adolescents who are blind”
at the University of Athens (November, 2003) (20 hours).
18. Taught course on Cognitive Psychology at the Postgraduate program of the Department
of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia (2002-2006).
19. Taught course on «Topics in Educational Psychology» and «Psychological Topics and
Disability» at the Postgraduate program of the Department of Early Childhood Education,
University of Western Macedonia (2004 till 2008).
20. Taught unit on «Intellectual Disabilities» at the postgraduate program of Cognitive
Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (January and March, 2004).
21. Taught educators at the Research University of Macedonia Institute, program entitled
«Neuropsychological Rehabilitation» (2005) (60 hours).
22. Taught educators at the Research Institute of the University of Macedonia, program
entitled «Horizons of Neuropsychology-Learning, Language and knowledge» (2005), 60
hours.
23. Taught course to postgraduate students as an Invited Speaker of the International
Neuropsychological Society (Vivian Smith Institute in the USA) entitled “«Genetic
syndromes associated with mental retardation» (June- July 2005).
24. Taught educators at the University of Macedonia. Program entitled:
«Neurodevelopmental Disorders» (2006-2007) (40 hours).
25. Taught unit «Psychology and Disability» at the Postgraduate Program of the Department
of Special Education, and at the Department of Early Childhood Education (2007, 2014)
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(10 hours each time), University of Thessaly.
26. Taught educators at the Pedagogical Institute of Greece «Management of behavioral
problems at the school setting» (Νovember 2006-Μarch 2007 και March-Αpril 2008) (100
hours).
27. Responsible for good practices and expanded training in Special Education of our
undergraduate students at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of
Western Macedonia (2006-till present).
28. Teaching at the EU funded program “Teaching children with learning disabilities”
(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 75 hours, 2009).
29. Taught course «Severe learning disabilities» at the Postgraduate program
«Psychological and Educational Approaches of Heterogeneity» of the Department of Early
Childhood Education, University of Western Macedonia (from 2008 till 2013).
30. Taught course «Neurodevelopmental Disorders» at the Postgraduate Program
«Cognitive and Motor Development» of the Department of Early Childhood Education,
University of Western Macedonia in collaboration with the Department of Physical
Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (from 2008 till 2011).
31. Visiting Professor at the University of Malmo (corresponding person Dr. Lena Lang, for 2
weeks).
32. Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University, Nisonger Center, Department of
Developmental Disabilities, under the supervision of Dr. Aman (spring semester 2007).
33. Lifelong Learning programs where more than 2500 educators were trained in Special
Education in the region of Western Macedonia, Greece (2008-present).
34. Visiting Professor at the University of Cyprus. Taught undergraduate courses about
Cognitive and Educational Psychology (Psycholinguistics, Mental Retardation). Taught
course «Developmental Disorders» at the Postgraduate Program «Cognitive-Educational
Psychology» of the University of Cyprus (2011-2012).
35. Taught courses at the postgraduate program «Bilingual Special Education», Department
of Early Childhood Education, University of Western Macedonia (2014-till now) about
learning disabilities and bilingualism.
36. Taught course “Differentiated learning for students with learning disabilities and mental
retardation” at the University of Athens (Department of Primary Education) at the
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postgraduate program of Special Education (2014-present).
37. Taught 8 hours course at the Erasmus program at the University of Cyprus (Department
of Education, 2015-2016).
38. Taught course « Specialized Topics about the education of children and adolescents with
intellectual disabilities (from 2014-till today) at the postgraduate program «Bilingual
Special Education», Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Western
Macedonia.
39. Professor of Psychology and Special Education since September 2016 at the University
of Western Macedonia, Greece.
40. Visiting Professor at the Ostrava University (Czech Republic, March 2017, Erasmus
programe).

D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

1. Association of the Spastic Children of Northern Greece. Volunteer in a psychological
rehabilitation program (1989).
2. Psychological Center of Northern Greece (Institute for children with mild ID). Research
and practice (1989-1990).
3. Practice and research projects at the Nursery Schools in Thessaloniki, Greece (1993).
4. Practice at the Medical-Educational Center of Northern Greece (case studies and
educational interventions) (May-July 1996).
5. Neuropsychological assessment of Parkisonian patients on clinical and research levels, as
a member of the Department of Parkisonian Patients in B’ Neurological Clinic,
A.H.E.P.A. Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (1994-1998). Research and clinical practice.
6. From November 1998 till Μay 1999 worked volunteer as a psychologist, at the 5th Special
School of the city of Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
7. Fellowship at John’s Hopkins University, Cognitive Science Department, under the
supervision of Dr. McLoskey, in the area of Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology (July
1999).
8. Chartered Psychologist at the ΑHEPA Greek-American Hospital at Thessaloniki, at the 3rd
Psychiatric Clinic.) (Μarch-July 2000).
9. Cooperation with the Social Worker and the Director of the Florina Hospital for the
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evaluation and support of children and youth with special educational needs (2001-
2008).
10. Collaboration with the Center of Abandoned and Vulnerable Children “Saint Olga” in
Florina (practice of undergraduate students in special education and counseling) (2009
till present).

Ε. Publications

Ε.1) Master Dissertation
Αlevriadou, Α. (1995). The development of some of the conceptual categories of natural
language and the comprehension of metaphor by congenitally blind and sighted children.
Thessaloniki: Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Ε.2) Doctoral Thesis
Αlevriadou, Α. (1998). The development of visuospatial abilities by children with and
without mental retardation. Thessaloniki: Department of Psychology, Aristotle University
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of Thessaloniki.

Ε.3) Articles in Scientific Journals

i. In English (selected papers)

1. Natsopoulos, D., Katsarou, Z., Alevriadou, A., Bostantzopoulou, S., Grouios, G., &
Mentenopoulos, G. (1997). Deductive and inductive reasoning in Parkinson’s disease
patients and normal controls: Review and experimental evidence. Cortex, 33, 463-481.
2. Natsopoulos, D., Xeromeritou, A., Kiosseoglou, G., & Alevriadou, A. (1998). Do the hands
talk on mind’s behalf? Differences in language ability between left- and right- handed
children. Brain and Language, 64, 182-214.
3. Katsarou, Z., Bostantzopoulou, S., Alevriadou, A., Mentenopoulos, G., Avraam, X., &
Kiosseoglou, G. (1998). A longitudinal study of visuospatial discrimination in Parkinsonian
patients. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 86, 171-180.
4. Natsopoulos, D., Stavroussi, P., & Alevriadou, A. (1998). On the concept of comparison
in mentally retarded and non-retarded children. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 27,
111-127.
5. Alevriadou, A., Katsarou, Z., Bostantzopoulou, S., Kiosseoglou, G., & Mentenopoulos,
G. (1999). Wisconsin Card Sorting Test variables in relationship to motor symptoms in
Parkinson’s disease. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 89, 824-830.
6. Grouios, G., Sakadami, N., Poderi, A., & Alevriadou, A. (1999). Excess of non-right
handedness among mentally retarded people: Experimental evidence and possible
explanations. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 43, 306-313.
7. Bostantzopoulou, S., Katsarou, Z., Zafiriou, D., Gerasimou, G., Alevriadou, A., Georgiadis,
G., Kiosseoglou, G., & Kazis, A. (2000). Abnormality of N30 somatosensory evoked
potentials in Parkinson’s disease: A multidisciplinary approach. Neurophysiologie
Clinique, 30, 1-9.
8. Bostantzopoulou, S., Kiosseoglou, G., Katsarou, Z., & Alevriadou, A. (2001). Concurrent
validity of the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence in Parkinson’s disease patients. The Journal
of Psychology, 135(2), 205-212.
9. Grouios, G., Alevriadou, A., & Koidou, I. (2001). Weight discrimination in congenitally
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blind and normally sighted humans. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 95, 30-
39.
10. Katsarou, Z., Bostantzopoulou, S., Peto, V., Alevriadou, A., & Kiosseoglou, G. (2001).
Quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: Greek validation of the Parkinson’s disease
questionnaire (PDQ-39). Quality of Life Research, 10, 159-163.
11. Alevriadou, A., Tsakiridou, E., Kallitsoglou, A. & Grouios, G. (2003). Memory for spatial
location in normally developing children athletes and adolescent athletes with organic
mild mental retardation. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 44, 285-297.
12. Alevriadou, A., Hatzinikolaou, K., Tsakiridou, E., & Grouios, G. (2004). Field dependence-
independence of typically developing and mentally retarded boys of low and
upper/middle socioeconomic status. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 99, 913-923.
13. Ypsilanti, A., Grouios, G., Alevriadou, A., & Tsapkini, K. (2005). Expressive and receptive
vocabulary in children with Williams and Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual
Disability Research, 49, 353-364.
14. Semoglou, K., Alevriadou, Α., & Tsapakidou, A. (2008). Gross and fine motor skills: The
case of Roma. European Psychomotricity Journal, 1, 17-22.
15. Griva, E., Alevriadou, A., & Geladari, A. (2009). A qualitative study of poor and good
readers’ strategy use in EFL reading. The International Journal of Learning, 16(1), 51- 72.
16. Alevriadou, Α. (2010). Promoting road safety for preadolescent boys with mild
intellectual disabilities: The effect of cognitive style and the role of attention in the
identification of safe and dangerous road-crossing sites. International Journal of Special
Education, 2, 127-135.
17. Semoglou, K., Alevriadou, Α., & Oikonomidou, G. (2010). Directionality in Down
syndrome children: Is there a difference? The International Journal of Learning, 16(5),
203-210.
18. Ganou, M., Grouios, G., Koidou, I., & Alevriadou, A. (2010). The concept of anomalous
cerebral lateralization in Klinefelter’s syndrome. Applied Neuropsychology, 17(2), 144-
152.
19. Giaouri, S., Alevriadou, A., & Lang, L. (2011). Ambiguous figures perception and theory
of mind understanding in children with intellectual disabilities: Αn empirical study with
some educational implications. International Journal of Academic Research, 3(1), 296-
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300.
20. . Alevriadou, A., & Giaouri, S. (2011). Second-order mental state attribution in children
with intellectual disability: Cognitive functioning and some educational planning
challenges. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 1(1), 146-153.
21. Valsamidou, L., Vamvakidou I., & Alevriadou, A. (2012). Representations of disability in
Greek school newspapers: A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Review of European
Studies, 3(2), 10-21.
22. Griva, E., Alevriadou, A. & Semoglou, K. (2012). Gender differences in reading
preferences and strategies employed by Greek students: Socio-cognitive and citizenship
issues. International Education Studies, 5(2), 24-34.
23. Eleftheriou, P., Stamou, A., & Alevriadou, A. (2012). A comparative study of
representations about disability in primary school children’s drawings: A sociosemiotic
approach. Applied Semiotics, 22(1), 1-12.
24. Patrali, K., Alevriadou, A., Petrou, M., Anastasiadou, S., & Kyridis, A. (2012). How social
factors influence the understanding of computers by kindergarten pupils. International
Journal of Learning and Development, 2(3), 229-246.
25. Alevriadou, A., & Massi, M. (2013). An intervention programme related to reading
development–– a case study of a child with Williams syndrome. Multilingual Academic
Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 1, 55-61.
26. Tsapakidou, A., Alevriadou A., & Contochristos, V. (2014). Review of upper limb motor
coordination (handling skills) in students with specific learning disabilities. Indian Journal
of Research, 3(2), 146-148.
27. Theodoridou, E., Alevriadou, A., Semoglou, K., & Anastasiadou, S. (2014). Investigating
memory strategies and motor memory in dyslexic and non-dyslexic children. The
International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, 20(3), 25-44.
28. Stamou A.G., Alevriadou, A., & Soufla F. (2014). Representations of disability from the
perspective of people with disabilities and their families: A critical discourse analysis of
disability groups on Facebook. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2014.962611
29. Alevriadou, A. & Giaouri, S. (2015). Concurrent validity of the Developmental Test of
Visual-Motor Integration in a sample of children with mild intellectual disabilities.
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International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 22(2), 37-45.
30. Alevriadou, A. & Giaouri, S. (2015). The impact of executive functions on the written
language process: Some evidence from children with writing disabilities. Journal of
Psychologists and Counselors in Schools (former Australian Journal of Guidance and
Counseling), 25(1), 24-37.
31. Alevriadou, A. & Pavlidou, K. (2015). Teachers’ interpersonal style and its relationship
to emotions, causal attributions, and type of challenging behaviors displayed by
students with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities,
1744629515599108, first published on August 16, 2015.
32. Alevriadou, A. (2016). The Zeigarnik effect paradigm revisited: The case of children
with intellectual disabilities. Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social
Sciences, 4(1),1-8.
33. Alevriadou, A. & Giaouri, S. (2016). A comparative analysis of cognitive and
psychosocial functioning in children with writing disabilities. Psychology, 7, 154-165.
34. Rachanioti, E., Griva, E. & Alevriadou, A. (2017a). Children “think aloud” and “talk
about” vocabulary strategies in an integrated memory-based text framework. Journal
of Studies in Education, 7(1), 61-88.
35. Rachanioti, E., Griva, E. & Alevriadou, A. (2017b). Investigating the working memory
and language acquisition strategies among monolingual and bilingual children in a
classroom’s setting. European Journal of Education Studies, 3(9),33-54.

Ε.4) Paper proceedings
i) In English
36. Alevriadou, A., Angelou I., & Koidou, I. (2006). Visual-motor integration in Prader-Willi
syndrome : A longitudinal case study. Conference Proceedings of the Second Eastern
European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs entitled “ Fostering Research
on Rare Diseases in Eastern European Countries”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
37. Stamou, A., Alevriadou, Α., Eleftheriou P., & Vamvakidou, I. (2008). Constructing an
identity of able-bodiedness: Discourses of disability by primary school children. In Ross
A. & Cunningham P. (Eds.),Proceedings of the tenth Conference of the Children’s Identity
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