About
Gerdts-Andresen has a combined Law and Child Welfare education, with a Master of Health and Social Work with Children and Youth, and continued education in e.g. child welfare services, child welfare in a minority perspective, psychosocial work with children and youth, and communication.
She has several years of professional work experience from Child Welfare Services and has also worked as a senior advisor at the County Governors office, department of Child Welfare.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hansen, Heidi Aarum; Westerhof, Luuk Luitsen;
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
(2024).
From frozen words to dialogue: turning around involuntary relationships in social work practice.
Nordic Social Work Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2024.2395938
Hansen, Heidi Aarum; Westerhof, Luuk Luitsen; Gerdts-Andresen, Tina (2024). From frozen words to dialogue: turning around involuntary relationships in social work practice. Nordic Social Work Research.
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
; Andersen, Marie Valen-Sendstad; Hansen, Heidi Aarum
(2024).
The child's right to family life when living in public care: how to facilitate contact that preserves, strengthens, and develops family ties.
Children and Youth Services Review.
Vol. 159.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107495
Hansen, Heidi Aarum;
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
(2023).
How children’s navigation on digital platforms challenges child welfare assessments.
Nordic Journal of Social Research.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18261/njsr.14.1.1
Hansen, Heidi Aarum;
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
(2023).
Barns rett til medvirkning.
Betydningen av barns medvirkning i Barneverns- og helsenemndas beslutningsprosess, når sak om omsorgsovertakelse behandles.
Tidsskriftet Norges Barnevern.
Vol. 100.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tnb.100.4.5
Vassend, Eva Lill Fossli;
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
(2023).
Forholdet mellom skjult adresse, samvær og annen kontaktetablering for barn i offentlig omsorg: Barnevernsnemndas begrunnelser og mulige implikasjoner.
Tidsskrift for familierett, arverett og barnevernrettslige spørsmål.
Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.18261/fab.21.4.4
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
; Hansen, Mette Tindvik; Grøndahl, Vigdis Abrahamsen
(2022).
Educational effectiveness: Validation of an instrument to measure students critical thinking and disposition.
15 p.
International Journal of Instruction.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2022.15139a
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
; Glømmen, Anne Margrethe; Hjelmeland, Inger; Haug, Erna; Grønlien, Heidi Kristine
(2022).
Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of an Instrument to Assess Self-Efficacy in Client-Centeredness (SECCQ).
11 p.
Journal of Social Work Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.2019632
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
(2021).
Circle of Security-Parenting: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness When Using the Parent Training Programme with Multi-Problem Families.
25 p.
Nordic Journal of Social Research.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njsr.3482
Gerdts-Andresen, Tina
; Hansen, Heidi Aarum
(2021).
How the Child’s Views is Weighted in Care Order Proceedings.
Children and Youth Services Review.
Vol. 129.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106179