Papoudi Despina
Papoudi Despina
Academic rank: Assistant Professor
Subject: Special Education – Education of People on the Autism Spectrum
Email: dpapoudi@uth.gr
Office: Papastratos Complex, Rosa Imbrioti building, 2nd floor, No 8
Telephone: (+30) 24210-74824
Office hours: Monday 5-6 pm, Tuesday 12-1 pm – It is recommended to communicate in advance by sending an email
Curriculum vitae
Research interests
- Special and inclusive education of people with autism
- Early intervention of children with autism
- Communication and play in children with autism
- Interactive approaches in the education of children with autism
- Psychoeducational interventions with focus on communication and play
SED courses
Introduction to the autism spectrum
Modern teaching models for students with autism
Instructional strategies for teaching social understanding to students with autism
Curricula for children with autism
Scientific papers - Publications
Selected Publications
- Papoudi, D. (1993). Interpersonal play and communication between young autistic children and their mothers. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
- Trevarthen, C., Aitken, K.J., Papoudi, D., & Robarts, J.Z. (1998). Children with autism: Diagnosis and interventions to meet their needs. 2nd Edition. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
- Argyropoulou, Z. & Papoudi, D. (2012). The training of a child with autism in a Greek preschool inclusive class through intensive interaction: A case study. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 27 (1): 99-114.
- Petrogiannis, K., Papadopoulou, K. & Papoudi, D. (2013). Measuring parental beliefs about the developmental significance of preschool children’s daily activities: the Children’s daily activities-parental beliefs scale. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 3: 2.
- Misailidi, P., Papoudi, D. & Brouzos, A. (2013). Mind what teachers say: Kindergarten teachers’ use of mental state language during picture-story narration. Early Education and Development, 24 (8): 1161-1174.
- Papoudi, D. (2015). The intersubjective motives of play: The case of autism. In T. Kokkinaki & C. Trevarthen (Edit.) Intersubjective paths to interpersonal relationships and learning. Eleftherna, Special issue, Volume VII (pp. 202-239). Crete: Universtiy of Crete. http://elocus.lib.uoc.gr/dlib/8/5/a/metadata-dlib-1329729318-602079-22262.tkl
Kossyvaki, L. & Papoudi, D. (2016). A review of play interventions for children with autism at school, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 63 (1): 45-63. - Loukisas, T., & Papoudi, D. (2016). Mothers’ Experiences of Children in the Autistic Spectrum in Greece: Narratives of development, education and disability across their blogs. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 63 (1): 64-78.
- Papoudi, D. & Kossyvaki, L. (2018). Play and children with autism: Insights from research and implications for practice. In P. Smith & J. Roopnarine (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Play: Developmental and Disciplinary Perspectives (pp. 563-579). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Prompona, S., Papoudi, D., & Papadopoulou, K. (2019). Play during recess: primary school children’s perspectives and agency. Education 3-13, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2019.1648534
- Papoudi, D., Jørgensen C., Guldberg, K. & Meadan, H. (2020). Perceptions, Experiences and Needs of Parents of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children with Autism: A Scoping Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 8, 195–212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-020-00210-1
Ph.D
«Interpersonal Play and Communication between Young Autistic Children and their Mothers», σ. 386, University of Edinburgh.