SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Neuropsychology
Position:Full Professor





Tinatin Tchintcharauli is first Board Certified Behavior Analyst in Georgia and is activelly involved in the clinical practice as a neuropsychologist and behavior analyst mainly with children (developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, learning disorders). She has more than 15 years of practical work in neuropsychological habilitation of children and adults. More than 10 years of teaching experience of different courses at different levels (aphasiology, clinical neuropsychology, developmental neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, research methods of psychology, etc) in different universities. Since 2012 she joined Ilia State University as an associate professor.

Tinatin Tchintcharauli is a director of research institute “Child Development Institute” (www.cdi.iliauni.edu.ge), which was established in 2014.

She is co-author and editor of more than 15 publications, among them “Inclusive Education Principles” (2008), “Inclusive Education: Teaching students with learning disabilities” (2009), Inclusive Education Indicators in Georgia. Study report”  (2013), editor of textbooks “Born to Talk: an introduction to speech and language development” (2013) and “Children with Disabilities” (2013).

Scientific interests / research interests

Autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disability, language disorder, sleep, learning and memory, inclusive education

Featured publications
Tchintcharauli, T. and Javakhishvili, N. (2017), Inclusive education in Georgia: current trends and challenges. British Journal of Special Education, 44: 465–483. doi:10.1111/1467-8578.12188

Books
T. Tchintcharauli, M. Bagrationi, A. Laghidze, T. Pachkoria “Inclusive Education: Teaching students with learning disabilities”, 2010, Tbilisi: Ministry of Education and Sciences of Georgia (Georgian).
T. Tchintcharauli, T. Gagoshidze, K. Pilauri, M. Bagrationi “Inclusive Education Principles”, 2008, Tbilisi: Nekeri (Georgian).
Articles in magazines
Tchintcharauli, T. (2017) Autism Spectrum Disorder: the case of Georgia; BEARR News No 68, January 2017.
An extensive list of publications
T. Tchintcharauli, T. Gagoshidze “The Age-related Changes of Repetition Priming”, in: “Intellecti”, #3 (23), 2005, 344-346. (Russian);
T. Tchintcharauli, T. Gagoshidze, Sh. Mamukadze, T. Aslanishvili, N. Beruashvili, A. Karaulashvili “Factors of Repetition Priming”, Caucasology, 2005 (9), pp. 130-145. (Russian);
T. Tchintcharauli, T. Gagoshidze, Sh. Mamukadze, A. Karaulashvili “The Repetition Priming among the memory impaired patients”, in: Courier (Matsne) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Psychology series, 2005 (1), 205-211; (Georgian);
Djibuti M., Chincharauli T., Karauashvili A., Kasradze S., Sturua L., Toidze O., “Influence of clinical and demographic variables on Quality of Life in patients with Epilepsy”; Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2001, supp. to vol. #187 (P 1202); (English);
E. Gvaramia, Sh. Mamukadze, T. Tchintcharauli “The Psychological Portraits of Politically active and in-active Youth”; in: “The Level of Tbilisi’s Youth Political Activity”; Tbilisi, 2001; (Georgian);
T. Chincharauli, A. Arganashvili “Implicit memory regulations among the patients with memory disturbances and in middle aged individuals”; Georgian Medical News, 2001, supp. to vol. #6 (75); (English);
Sh. Mamukadze, T. Tchintcharauli “Personal values and orientations”; in: “The general research of the problems and orientations of Georgia’s Youth”; Tbilisi, 2000; (Georgian).

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Master’s level:

  • Quantitative research methods in psychology (fall semester)
  • Developmental neuropsychology
  • Research methods in speech and language therapy
  • Education of persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (spring semester)
  • Speech development and disorders (spring semester)
  • Voice and fluency disorders (spring semester)
  • Oral-motor disorders (fall semester)

Bachelor’s level:

  • Cognitive psychology and theory of set (spring and fall semesters)
  • Foundations of neuropsychology (spring semester)
  • Reasoning and decision making (spring semester)
  • Experimental psychology (BA level, 2014-2015)
  • Research methods in social sciences (MA level, 2013 – 2014)
  • Research methods in psychology (MA level, 2014 – 2016)
  • Autism spectrum disorders and Applied Behavior Analysis (BA level, 2012 – 2014)
  • Education of children with learning disabilities (BA level, 2014 – 2015)