Anna Arkadiyevna Ivakhnenko

Anna Arkadiyevna Ivakhnenko serves as Head of Department and Associate Professor at Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University's Department of Special Education within the Social Sciences Faculty. She holds a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree with specialization in correctional pedagogy (13.00.03).

• Zaporizhia State Medical University (1994): Nurse with basic higher education
• Zaporizhia State University (2002): Physical Rehabilitation
• Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University (2020): Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
• Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University (2022): Special Education

Dr. Ivakhnenko's research focuses on communication disorders after stroke and alternative communication tools for people with severe neurogenic disorders. Her expertise spans correctional pedagogy, speech therapy, and special education with particular emphasis on deaf children's psychomotor development. She teaches Defectology, Aphasiology, Neurological foundations of speech therapy, and Fundamentals of research work.

Her scholarly output shows consistent contributions to special education, particularly examining psychomotor development in deaf children and communication disorders following stroke. The publications demonstrate interdisciplinary work bridging pedagogy, neurology, and rehabilitation sciences, with increasing focus on clinical applications in recent years.

Dr. Ivakhnenko maintains professional activity through her ORCID (0000-0002-4133-5400) and continues to contribute to academic discourse in her field. She teaches multiple specialized courses related to her research interests and works with students in the Department of Special Education.

Her office is located in room 398a (building 4) at 39 Turgeneva St., Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 69063. She is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and English.