Katerina Asonitou is a Laboratory Teaching Staff Member in the Adapted Physical Activity/Developmental & Physical Disabilities Lab, School of Physical Education & Sports Science of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her scientific disciplines are ‘Developmental, Physical, & Sensory Disabilities’ and ‘Adapted Physical Activity’. She teaches undergraduate and post-graduate courses. She has published over 70 scientific papers in international journals and books. Degrees: 1998-2006: BA in Physical Education & Sports Science (specializing in Adapted Physical Activity), Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 1991-1996: BA in Pedagogy Preschool, Faculty of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 1999-2008: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (specializing in Special Physical Education), Department of Psychology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. Her research interests are in (a) cognitive–motor behavior in children with developmental coordination disorders, examining optimal motor learning strategies and motor intervention programs for this population; (b) developmental programs of adapted physical activity for the purpose of social integration/inclusion, leisure and sport of children and teenagers with developmental disabilities; and (c) motor and cognitive assessment of children and teenagers with and without developmental disabilities.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physical Education and Sports Science
Athens, Attikí, Greece
Department of physical education and sports