Aikaterini Sereti
Aikaterini Sereti is a special education teacher with over 20 years experience. She has worked with the Psychiatric Department of Agia Sophia Children's Hospital in Greece and participated in an educational program for special education teachers and therapists at the Linden Bridge School for Autism and Social Communication difficulties in Surrey, England. She received her training in the TEACCH approach from the medical department of the University of South Carolina.
Since 1992, she has been working at the Pedagogical Institute as well as different diagnostic and rehabilitation centers, providing interventions for children with autism. She has participated in European programmes that have targeted upgrading education systems for people with autism at the primary and secondary phases. She has worked with parents as well as other professionals, offering supervision and counselling regarding the education of children with autism.
Her main area of expertise is facilitating the inclusion of children with autism in mainstream schools, through teacher training and supporting the children involved in school.