Dimitra V. Katsarou

Dimitra V. Katsarou is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Language Disorders at the Department of Preschool Education Sciences and Educational Design (TEPAES) of the University of the Aegean. She holds three master's degrees, a doctorate and postdoctoral research. She has taught in universities in Greece and abroad in undergraduate and postgraduate programs for a number of years. She has published over 30 articles in scientific journals such as: British Journal of Special Education, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, over 100 abstracts in proceedings of international and pan-Hellenic conferences, she has written a monograph, many studies and four edited volumes. She is academically responsible for education, training and education programs of Greek and international organizations and participates as a key researcher in Greek and international research programs, such as Erasmus Plus, Alliance edu, Cost.eu, Erasmus Sport. Her research interests focus on intellectual disability, child and adult psychopathology, genetic syndromes, developmental disorders, quality of life, mental health and developmental language disorders.

Publications

Exploring Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Psycholinguistic Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence
Exploring Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Psycholinguistic Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence
Maria Sofologi, Dimitra Katsarou, Efthymia Efthymiou. © 2025. 350 pages.
As the world of education evolves rapidly, understanding the intricacies of emotion, cognition, and language development is becoming increasingly vital. Unfortunately, the...
Childhood Developmental Language Disorders: Role of Inclusion, Families, and Professionals
Childhood Developmental Language Disorders: Role of Inclusion, Families, and Professionals
Dimitra Katsarou. © 2024. 424 pages.
The fields of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics often lack comprehensive resources that address the diverse range of developmental language disorders while also providing...
Fostering Inclusive Education: Collaborative Strategies, Emerging Technologies, and Parental Engagement for Children With Language Disorders
Fostering Inclusive Education: Collaborative Strategies, Emerging Technologies, and Parental Engagement for Children With Language Disorders
Efthymia Efthymiou, Dimitra V. Katsarou. © 2024. 20 pages.
This book chapter forcefully delves into the paramount topic of inclusive education for children with language disorders, unearthing the undeniable efficacy and significance that...
Learning Difficulties and Children's Drawing
Learning Difficulties and Children's Drawing
Christos Charmpatsis, Dimitrios Sarris, Panagoula Papadimitropoulou, Dimitra V. Katsarou. © 2024. 12 pages.
The major purpose of this research study was to detect the significant differences in human figure drawing between the students with learning difficulties and the students...
Linguistic Comparison Between Language Development of People With Down Syndrome and People With Developmental Language Disorder
Linguistic Comparison Between Language Development of People With Down Syndrome and People With Developmental Language Disorder
Dimitra V. Katsarou. © 2023. 17 pages.
Down syndrome, a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, is caused by a chromosomal abnormality and is accompanied by mild to severe intellectual disabilities. From the beginning of...
Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Dimitra V. Katsarou. © 2023. 436 pages.
The field of language disorders often lacks comprehensive resources that address the diverse range of developmental language disorders and provide insights into effective...
Is Coteaching an Effective Way of Including Children With Special Educational Needs?: Issues and Concerns
Is Coteaching an Effective Way of Including Children With Special Educational Needs?: Issues and Concerns
Dimitra V. Katsarou, Eleni Nikolaou, Panagiotis J. Stamatis. © 2023. 10 pages.
Inclusive education is concerned with the effort to overcome barriers that prevent the participation and learning of all children, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, social...
The Role of the School Unit Leader in the Inclusion of Students With Disabilities
The Role of the School Unit Leader in the Inclusion of Students With Disabilities
Dimitra V. Katsarou, Irini K. Zerva, Evangelos Mantsos, Panagiotis J. Stamatis. © 2023. 14 pages.
Inclusive education aims at fully accepting the different abilities of children, responding to teachers in all their learning needs, and treating them equally, without...
Developmental Language Disorders: Late Talking in Infancy
Developmental Language Disorders: Late Talking in Infancy
Tsampika Aikaterini Tsakkiri, Dimitra V. Katsarou, Agathi Argyriadi, Olga Lyra. © 2023. 10 pages.
Humans are born with an innate capacity for intersubjective communication which has a biological basis and regulates cultural learning and thinking. Intersubjectivity reflects...
Difficulties in Locating Discrete Diagnostic Categories: The Examples of Developmental Language Disorders and Genetic Syndromes
Difficulties in Locating Discrete Diagnostic Categories: The Examples of Developmental Language Disorders and Genetic Syndromes
Dimitra V. Katsarou. © 2023. 16 pages.
This chapter analyses the difficulties in locating discrete diagnostic categories and is divided into two parts. In the first part, the genetic and behavioral...