Fotini Lytra

• Master of Science
• Medical Professional at Habilis clinical and research institution

Student mental health has received increased attention over the last years, with researchers and governments trying to identify the best ways to support students and adolescents (e.g., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & United Nations Children's Fund, 2022). Efforts have concentrated on initiating mental health services and increasin...

Teachers’ training is a relevant and recurrent topic in European and National educational policies. Training teachers in managing students’ challenging behaviors is a particularly complex topic, due to the difficulty of training teachers in real conditions and not only providing them with theoretical skills. The VIRTUOUS project, funded under the E...

Executive functions are involved in the manifestation of ADHD symptoms. These functions have been proven to predict academic achievement and performance promoting school readiness and social functioning, thus training programs are essential. The current study focused on the development of an executive function training program "EF Train" and assess...

Θεωρητική θεμελίωση της υποστήριξης μαθητών και μαθητριών με προβλήματα προσοχής και συγκέντρωσης καθώς επίσης και μελέτες περίπτωσης

A proof of concept pilot study on the use of Kinems games in training the executive functions of children with ADHD

The recent trend in digital games is tightly linked to the natural user interaction technologies that make use of the affordances of sensors like the Microsoft Kinect camera. The Kinect camera detects user's body movements and gestures, which means that the full body becomes the controller. Lately, there is a tremendous interest in developing Kinec...