Wenche Fjeld

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Wenche Fjeld, born in 1960, graduated as a preschool teacher in 1985, with some practice from kindergarten and schools, but has primarily worked with people with disabilities. I have further education in special education, primary school pedagogy, and environmental social work/ behavioral analysis theory. I studied sexology at the University of Agder and took a Master degree in Sexology at Malmö University. I was employed in the habilitation service,  Innlandet Hospital HF, from 1991-2015, senior advisor at Statens Barnehus Hamar, 2016-2018, and project manager at Utviklingssenter for sykehjem og hjemmetjenester Hedmark, 2018 –2919. I have lectured sporadically at the Police Academy in Oslo. Co-author of the books "Developmental Disabilities and Habilitation – Inputs to the Habilitation Process" from 2009, "Developmentally Disabled and Sexual Abuse – Legal Protection, Prevention and Follow-up" from 2013, "Evidence-Based Environmental Therapeutic Work" from 2022, "The Little Love Book" from 2023. Collaborator in the SUMO project, 2013 (protecting the developmentally disabled against abuse) which is the precursor to the TryggEst model. I was a board member of LMSO, (National Association Against Sexual Abuse), 2016-2020. Developed the assessment tool SexKunn together with colleague Peter Zachariassen, and has contributed to the development of the assessment tool KroppKunn. I am currently employed in position II at Oslo Metropolitan University, Department of behavioural science, and position I at Faculty of Teacher Education and Pedagogy, Innlandet University. My particular interest is to improve pre-service teachers' knowledge and teaching competence of CSE, and thus increase the possibility of more and better CSE in schools.