Special Education Unit

SEU SEU Current Head Yiannis Laouris Past Head(s) Pantelis Makris Year Established 1993-2006

The Editing Special Education Unit was founded in 1993 by Pantelis Makris, who served as it Head until 2001, when he was succeeded by Yiannis Laouris. In 1994/95 the Dyslexia Group was launched based on voluntary contributions of a large number of experts and visiting scientists, whose research culminated in the development of Mental Attributes Profiling System. Its most prominent projects are Mental Attributes Profiling System and CARDIAC.

Relevant Projects

Year	Project	Program	Description
1999	e-Learning for gypsies	Leonardo	e-Learning for gypsies
1999	DYSLEXIA	RPF	Development of methodology and software for the diagnosis and treatement of learning difficulties with emphasis in dyslexia
2001	WORK	Leonardo	Special Needs in adults
2006	SteLLLa	GRUNDTVIG	Develop a generic method for autonomous learning for adults
2009	SteLLLa 2.0	GRUNDTVIG	Life-long learning through new media
2009	MobLang	LLP, Transversal	Teaching languages using mobile phones
2010	CARDIAC	FP7	Advancing Research & Development in the area of accessible & Assistive ICT
2012	Mingle	LLP, Transversal	Migrant Language and Social Integration

Members of the Unit

Head of the Unit

• Yiannis Laouris

Current Members

• Yiannis Laouris
• Elena Aristodemou
• Joulietta Kalli-Laouri
• Irene Gregoriou

Past Members

• George Vakanas, Research Associate, Neural Control, 1991-1995
• Stelios Stylianou, Research Associate, Neural Control, 1991-1995
• Yiannos Constantinou, Programmer for MAPS and Technician, 1998-200
• Alexandros Kofteros, Educator and Multimedia Developer, 1995-1997
• Andreas Savva, Educator, Developer of Educational Video Games, 1995-1998
• Maria Mavromichali, Speech Therapist, 1996-1997

Past Interns

• Demetra Kalopedi, Psychology Student working on her Thesis, 1993
• Costas Constanti, Psychology Student working on his Thesis 1993
• Christiane El-Haddad, Psychology Student working on his Thesis, 1993