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Angelos Papadopoulos

Assistant Professor

Angelos Papadopoulos is a graduate of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy of Ioannina City, formerly part of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus. He completed his postgraduate studies at the School of Medicine of the University of Thessaly and subsequently obtained his PhD from the School of Medicine of the University of Ioannina.
Since 2008, he has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist in both the private and public settings. During the period 2014–2025, he served in several public healthcare settings, including the General Children’s Hospital of Patras “Karamandaneio,” the Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center of the Northern Sector Health Center of Patras, the General Hospital of Rethymno, and the General Hospital of Patras “Agios Andreas.”
Since 2025, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Ioannina, with expertise in pediatric Speech and Language Therapy.

Contact details
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  • Department of Speech & Language Therapy
    University of Ioannina
    Ioannina University Campus B,
    4o km National road Ioannina-Athens
    GR 45500 Ioannina, Greece
Teaching Courses

Academic Information

Domain of interest/Discipline

Speech and Language Therapy in Pediatrics

Education
  • 2021 - PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina
  • 2014 - MsC, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessali
  • 2008 - BSc, Department of Speech and Language Therapy, TEI of Epirus, Ioannina
Scientific/Research Interests
  • Assessment and intervention of speech and language disorders in children, with particular emphasis on developmental language disorders
  • Speech and language disorders in children, social communication disorders, and autism spectrum disorder
  • Integration of clinical practice with evidence-based therapeutic interventions in pediatric populations
  • Applied research in real-world clinical and educational settings
Indicative Papers
  • Voniati, L., Papadopoulos, A., Ziavra, N., & Tafiadis, D. (2025). Communication Abilities, Assessment Procedures, and Intervention Approaches in Rett Syndrome: A Narrative Review. Brain Sciences, 15(7), 753. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15070753
  • Plotas, P., Papadopoulos, A., Apostolelli, EM. et al. Effects of hippotherapy on motor function of children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review study. Ital J Pediatr 50, 188 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-024-01715-9
  • Papadopoulos, A., Voniati, L., Ziavra, N., & Tafiadis, D. (2024). The Effectiveness of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD) on Children’s Speech and Voice: A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences, 14(9), 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14090937
  • Papadopoulos, A., Tsapara, A., Gryparis, A., Tafiadis, D., Trimmis, N., Plotas, P., Skapinakis, P., Tzoufi, M., & Siafaka, V. (2024). A Prospective Study of the Family Quality of Life, Illness Perceptions, and Coping in Mothers of Children Newly Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Communication Difficulties. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 14(8), 2187-2204. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14080146
  • Papadopoulos, A., Prentza, A., Voniati, L., Tafiadis, D., Trimmis, N., & Plotas, P. (2024). Assessing the Impact of Bilingualism on the Linguistic Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Greece: A Scoping Review. Medicina, 60(6), 894. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60060894
  • Zarokanellou, V., Gryparis, A., Papatheodorou, P. et al. Societal Attitudes Towards Autism (SATA): Validation of the Greek Version in the General Population. J Autism Dev Disord 54, 1582–1593 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05842-2
  • Papadopoulos, A., Vogindroukas, I., Tsapara, A., Voniati, L., Tafiadis, D., & Plotas, P. (2023). Intensive Interaction as an intervention approach in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review. Neuroscience Research Notes, 6(4), 276.1–276.9. https://doi.org/10.31117/neuroscirn.v6i4.276
  • Papadopoulos, A., Fouska, S., Tafiadis, D., Trimmis, N., Plotas, P., & Siafaka, V. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Autism Parenting Stress Index (APSI) among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Diagnostics, 13(20), 3259. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13203259
  • Papadopoulos, A., Tsapara, A., Plotas, P., Tzortzakis, I., Tafiadis, D., & Siafaka, V. (2023). The effectiveness of social stories in an intervention program in late adolescence with high functioning autism spectrum disorders: A case study report. Neuroscience Research Notes, 6(3), 239.1–239.10. https://doi.org/10.31117/neuroscirn.v6i3.239
  • Papadopoulos A, Siafaka V, Tsapara A, et al. Measuring parental stress, illness perceptions, coping and quality of life in families of children newly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. BJPsych Open. 2023;9(3):e84. doi:10.1192/bjo.2023.55
  • Tafiadis, D., Zarokanellou, V., Voniati, L., Prentza, A., Drosos, K., Papadopoulos, A., & Ziavra, N. (2021). Evaluation of Diadochokinesis in Greek Preschoolers With Speech Sound Disorders Using a Diadochokinetic Rates Protocol. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 43(3), 172-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401211017065 (Original work published 2022)
  • Papadopoulos, A., Tafiadis, D., Tsapara, A., Skapinakis, P., Tzoufi, M., & Siafaka, V. (2022). Validation of the Greek version of the Affiliate Stigma Scale among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. BJPsych Open, 8(1), e30. doi:10.1192/bjo.2021.1083
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ORCID:

0000-0001-9988-9273

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