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Ana Couñago

Psychologist

A psychologist and educational psychologist. She has extensive experience as a creator of educational programs and courses, as a volunteer in recreational-educational activities, as a child and adolescent psychologist, as a counselor, and as a disseminator. She has specialized in the learning of children with special and specific needs, and has also worked with various clinics and organizations carrying out psycho-pedagogical work.

About the author

Graduated in Psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2016). She completed her training with a Master's degree in Special Educational Needs from the University of Deusto (2017) and a Master's degree in Teacher Training, specializing in Educational Guidance from the University of Vigo (2020).

She has taken a variety of courses, including the Early Intervention Course by the Spanish Confederation of Teaching Centers (2018) and the Multisensory Classroom Course in Special Education by the same institution (2019).

She has published an article for the magazine of the Official College of Psychology of Bizkaia entitled How does attachment influence the specific needs of educational support? (2017). She is the author of the online learning course Attention to Students with High Abilities as well as being the author and tutor of the course Autism Spectrum Disorder for Education .

She has worked with various associations, centers, and schools, carrying out psycho-pedagogical work. Since 2017, she has been working as a psychologist specializing in the area of education in different centers and psychology cabinets. She also highlights her work as a volunteer for children's recreational-educational activities and as an editor for media and magazines on topics of psychology and psychopedagogy.