Academic Rank: Tenured Assistant Professor Subject: Learning Disabilities:Instructional Approaches Email: Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.  Tel: (+30) 24210-74884 Curriculum vitae

Research interests

• Specific Learning Disabilities
• Learning Disabilities (LD)
• Screening
• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• RtI
• CBA and CBM
• Instruction and Interventions for LD
• Universal Design for Learning
• Strategies for LD
• Teachers’ training - Teachers’ in service training
• Digital learning for LD
• Distance learning for LD

Courses

• Introduction to Learning Disabilities
• Instructional Approaches for LD
• Practicum in Special Education Schools (Practicum I)
• Practicum in Inclusive Settings (Practicum II)
• Theoretical Approaches for LD Intervention (Graduate course)
• Assessment and Diagnosis for LD
• Methods and Teaching Strategies for LD students

Office hours

• Wednesday  11:00-12:00
• Thursday      10:00-12:00

Selected Publications

1. Charitaki, G., Tzivinikou, S., Stefanou, G., & Soulis, S.G. (2021). A Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Early Numeracy Interventions for Young Children at Risk in Mathematics. SN Social Sciences-Springer, 1-39.
2. Tzivinikou, S., Charitaki, G., & Kagkara, D. (2020). Distance Education Attitudes (DEAS) During Covid-19 Crisis: Factor Structure, Reliability and Construct Validity of the Brief DEA Scale in Greek-speaking SEND Teachers. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1-19.
3. Tzivinikou, S., Tsolis, A., Kagkara, D. and Theodosiou, S. (2020). Curriculum-Based Measurement Maze: A Review. Psychology, 11, 1592-1611. DOI: 10.4236/psych.2020.1110101.
4. Papadimitriou, P., Tzivinikou, S. (2020). Strategies for Fractions on RtI Instructional Framework: The Effect on Learning Disabled Middle Grades Students' Performance. Psychology, 11, 692-703. DOI: 10.4236/psych.2020.115047.
5. Tzivinikou, S., Kagkara, D. (2019). Factors that Contribute to the Improvement of the Sense of Self-Efficacy of Special Educators in Inclusive Settings in Greece. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index 148, International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 13(4), 356 - 362.
6. Sotiria Tzivinikou (2018). Screening Young Children at Risk for Reading Failure, In Donna Farland-Smith (ed), Early Childhood Education, chapter 13^th (pp. 207-221). DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82081. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/books/early-childhood-education/screening-young-children-at-risk-for-reading-failure
7. Charitaki, G., Soulis, S. G., Tzivinikou, S., & Peklari, E. (2018). Morphological skills: A key parameter in dealing with written expression and spelling in specific learning disabilities. Creative Education, 9(06), 879.
8. Tzivinikou, S., Kagkara, D. (2018). Factors that Contribute to the Improvement of the Sense of Self-Efficacy of Special Educators in Inclusive Settings in Greece. Proceedings of the International Research Conference, Rome, Italy, (pp. 153-160).