Speakers

Keynote Lecture

CHAIRS: Katerina Leftheri, Elçin Tadıhan Özkan TITLE
SPEAKER: C. Norbury
Discussants:

  • Elena Theodorou
    PhD, Asst. Prof. Technological University of Cyprus
  • Hatun Zengin Bolatkale
    PhD. SLT. Asst. Prof. Istanbul Medipol University
Neurodevelopmental disorders: are there distinct language profiles?

Keynote Lecture

CHAIRS: Flora Anagnostou, R. Sertan Özdemir TITLE
SPEAKER: Yvette D. Hyter
Discussants:

  • Ioannis Vogindroukas
    SLT PhD Research and Educational Institute of Speech Therapy
    Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki
  • Evra Günhan Şenol
    PhD. SLT. Asst. Prof. Istanbul Medipol University
Pragmatics: Where Communication & Culture Intersect

Keynote Lecture

CHAIRS: Spiros Koutras, Elçin Tadıhan Özkan TITLE
SPEAKER: S. Topbas
Discussants:

  • Dore Bloom
    Speech Language Therapist
  • Dilber Kaçar Kütükçü
    PhD. SLT. Asst. Prof. Biruni University
Are we really aware of developmental language disorders? Implications from 17 European countries

Special Sessions

Studying speech/language and speech/language impairments with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Kyriakos Garganis
Neurologist Department of Epilepsy St. Luke’s Hospital, Thessaloniki
The role of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) for studying language networks in healthy people and in patients with medically refractory epilepsy
Konstantinos Giatis
Electrical Engineer School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of Electromagnetics, Electrooptics and Electronic Materials National Technical University of Athens
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and signal processing: Basic data and speech-language assessment procedures
School Readiness
Maria Vlassopoulos
Assistant Professor of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Why is the term “school readiness” still relevant?
Maria Christopoulou
Assistant Professor, European University of `Cyprus
Evaluating language development and school readiness of Cypriot Greek-speaking children

Round Tables

Activity and Participation – Life Quality
SPEAKER TITLE
Vaia Arsenopoulou
Speech Therapist
The ICF as a framework in speech therapy and the importance of participation in the improvement of the patients quality of life
Sofia Koukouvinou BSc, ΜSc
School Psychologist
Makaton educator
Improving the activity and participation of special education school pupils (according to the ICF-CY) by applying the Makaton Language Programme
Dimitris Marousos Speech Therapist
MSc, EFS, SFBTcert
The ICF as a framework for clinical thinking – adaptations in clinical practice
Stathis Triantafyllou Psychologist
Disability Expert Functioning Disability Research Group/WHO Socieux+
ICF Hellenic Team
Functioning, disability and health according to the WHO international classification. The ICF: A common language yet a different philosophy
Promoting Communication in Adulthood
Panagiotis Ioannidis
Associate Professor of Neurology
School of Medicine
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Speech/language disorders in dementias
Georgia Kleidaria
Psychologist, MA
Life after stroke: the patient’s perspective
Elpida Koutsoubaki Speech Therapist, Special Voice Therapist Are you your voice? Voice disorders and life quality
Dionisios Tafiadis
PhD. SLT – SLP
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech and Language Therapy
University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Evidenced-Based Practice in Diagnosing Swallowing Disorders

Invited Session

SPEAKER TITLE
Coordinator Areti Okalidou
Ph.D. CCC-SLP Professor of Speech-Language Pathology University of Macedonia
Introduction: Empirical data and technological applications for the speech/language development of Greek-speaking children with cochlear implants
Dr Paris Binos
Special Teaching Staff
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Cyprus University of Technology
Outcomes from speech analysis of infants and young children with cochlear implants
Dr Ioanna Talli
Special Education Teacher – Speech and Language Therapist
Post-doctoral researcher
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The role of short-term memory in lexical acquisition of children with cochlear implants and the significance of post-implant age
Christina Adamidou Lexical stress effects on word learning and word production in Greek-speaking children with cochlear implants
Georgia Koupka Perception and production of voicing contrasts in children with cochlear implants
Pavlos Hatzigiannakoglou 3D software of audiometry and intervention for children with hearing loss

Panel

Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Children with Cochlear Implant
Clinical Practices and Reflections
Aidona Sophia
PhD Special Education Teacher-Speech and Language Therapist Cochlear Implantation Center of the A’ University ENT Clinic of “AHEPA”, Thessaloniki
Mariana Kitsona
MSc, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Therapist
GiorgosKyriafinis
PhD, ORL Surgeon
Head of the Cochlear Implantation Center of the A’ University ENT Clinic of “AHEPA”, Thessaloniki
Konstantinos Markou
Professor of Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Director of B’ University ENT Clinic, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki
Vassilios Nikolaidis
Assistant Professor ENT Clinic

B’ University ENT Clinic, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thomas Nikolopoulos
MD, DM, PhD, FEBEORL-HNS
Professor of ENT at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Director of B’ENT Clinic, Attica University Hospital, Athens
Stagiopoulos Petros
PhD
Special Education Teacher
Head of 1st KESY A’ThessalonikiCochlear Implantation Center of the A’ University ENT Clinic of “AHEPA”, Thessaloniki
Moderators:
Flora Anagnostou
MSc, PGDip, MRCSLT
Speech and Language Therapist
Voice Pathology, MSc-Audiology, MSc
Stamatia Gouda
Speech and Language Therapist

Real-time translation in both English and Greek will be provided during the sessions and the round tables.
No real-time translation will be provided during the workshops and webinars, which will be delivered in either Greek or in English (see program).

WORKSHOPS
Workshops in Greek

SPEAKER TITLE
Elvira Masoura
Associate professor of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology Faculty of Philosophy School of Psychology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The role of working memory in language development and ways to treat working memory deficits
Susana Padeliadu
Professor of Special Education – Learning disabilities Faculty of Philosophy
School of Philosophy and Education
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Phonological awareness and reading: A feasible relation
Kakia Petinou
Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Cyprus University of Technology
Ways to improve speech clarity in children with phonological disorders: From sound to meaning
Themis Karaminis
Ph.D. Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Edge Hill University London, United Kingdom

Giorgos Siderides
Associate Professor in Educational Psychology
Faculty of Primary Education
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Stavroula Stavrakaki Ph.D.,
Professor of Neurolinguistics with specialization in Neurolinguistics
School of Philosophy Dept. of Italian Language and Literature
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)
Giorgos Fourlas
M.Ed., MSc.SLT, MRCSLT, HCPC, EFS
Speech Therapist
Building Bridges: Facilitating the child and his family to move towards their preferred future

Workshops in English

SPEAKER TITLE
Şevket Özdemir1, Semra Selvi Balo2, Suzan Dilara Tokaç3 Moderator: Prof. Dr. İlknur Maviş, Anadolu University Şevket Özdemir1 :Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Semra Selvi Balo2 : Anadolu University Suzan Dilara Tokaç3: The University of Groningen, The Netherlands & Macquarie University, Australia
What Really Matters: Challenges and Benefits of Adapting Normative Aphasia Tests
Dr. Esra Özcebe & Dr. Fatma Esen Aydınlı Voice disorders with case presentations: From assessment to therapy
Giorgos Fourlas
M.Ed., MSc.SLT, MRCSLT, HCPC, EFS
Speech Therapist
Towards communication restructuring: The battle of a superhero and his alliance against a threatening mouse
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