Professor

Kristine Berg Titlestad

Department of welfare and participation
Kristine Berg Titlestad
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Field of work

I am a social educator with work experience in the field of autism spectrum disorders, particularly with children and adolescents. Additionally, I have worked in the homes of individuals with disabilities and have experience from a habilitation center, the Educational and Psychological Services (PPT), and specialized healthcare services.

I have pursued further education in counseling, clinical miliue therapy, grief counseling, higher education pedagogy, and ICT and learning in higher education. I hold a master's degree in evidence-based practice in healthcare.

At Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, I work as an educator and researcher. I also serve as the director of Cochrane Norway.

Together with Lillian Bruland Selseng, I am the project leader for the Drug-related death and recovery (END) project. My doctoral project was a part of the END project, where I studied the consequences and burdens of drug-related deaths on bereaved parents and how they cope with everyday life. 

Alongside Nina Rydland Olsen, I am also the project leader in the research project "Evindence-based practice across health and social care educations". My motivation for participating in this project is the opportunity to influence what skills and knowledge future social educators need to learn to practice evidence-based.



Courses taught
  1. Evidence-based practice
  2. Milieu therapy, habilitation, and rehabilitation
  3. Cognitive impairments

Research areas
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Autism
  • Bereaved following drug-related deaths

Courses taught
  • MARA590, Master Thesis, Spring 2025
  • MARA590, Master Thesis, Fall 2024
  • PHDH903, Research design and methods, Fall 2024
  • VPL100, The conceptual basis and professional boundaries of the social educator , Fall 2024
  • VPL120, Human lifespan development and learning , Fall 2024
  • VPL130, Normative and Deive Goal-directed therapy, Spring 2025
  • VPL210, Healthcare and health promotion, Fall 2024
  • VPLP200, Healthcare and milieu therapeutic placement , Spring 2025

Publications

  • What do Professional Helpers Describe as Important Competence when Supporting Persons Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

    Torill Hauge Totland, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Sari Kaarina Lindeman (2024)
    Omega - Journal of Death and Dying 2024

  • Etterlatte foreldre og hjelpeapparatet

    Kristine Berg Titlestad, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2024)

  • Refleksiv Tematisk Analyse

    Sari Kaarina Lindeman, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2024)

  • Grief and bereavement: an area for social work research?

    Lillian Bruland Selseng, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2024)

  • The social health and help needs of those bereaved by a drug-related death: Mixed methods research

    Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Kari Dyregrov, Lars Thore Fadnes, Sari Kaarina Lindeman (2024)
    Høgskulen på Vestlandet
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