Elena Theodorou
Associate Professor of Speech and Language Therapy at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of the Cyprus University of Technology and coordinator of the undergraduate Speech and Language Therapy programme
Dr Elena Theodorou is an Associate Professor of Speech and Language Therapy at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of the Cyprus University of Technology and coordinator of the undergraduate Speech and Language Therapy programme. She holds a degree in Speech Therapy from the Higher Institute of Technology of Patras, an MSc in Language and Communication Impairment in Children from the University of Sheffield and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Cyprus. Her current research activity, which is developed in the framework of the activities of the Research Laboratory OPI.L.O.Go, focuses on the detection, identification and diagnosis of children with Developmental Language Disorder and the mapping of their language abilities with the aim of more effective intervention in the bilectal environment of Cyprus and the Greek-speaking population in general. She also investigates speech and language therapy services provided to children with Developmental Language Disorders and Complex Communication Disorders. She is also a member of the Global Tales Project research group, which studies children's personal storytelling skills, and the group studying Digital Literacy in Speech and Language Therapy. Her current activity includes involvement as a member of the management committee in the COST CA22139 project entitled "Justice to youth language needs: human rights undermined by an invisible disadvantage (Y-JustLang)". Her research findings have been published in international journals and conference proceedings and presented at international scientific conferences.