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Veerle Garrels

Veerle Garrels

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Kunnskapsveien 55, 2007 Kjeller
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 36 120
E-mail
  • veerle.garrels@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Veerle Garrels is professor in special needs education. She holds a doctoral degree in special education from the University of Oslo; in her PhD-project, she conducted research on student-directed learning and self-determination for students with intellectual disability. Her research interests include quality of life, living conditions, and equal access to justice for people with neurodevelopmental disorders, school-work transitions for young adults with intellectual disability, and qualitative research methodology.

Field of study

Individualized instruction   Special education   Transition to adulthood   Augmentative and alternative communication   Rule of law   Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention   Vunerability   Neurodevelopmental disorders   Autism Spectrum Disorders   Life transission   Self-determination theory   Intellectual disability and work   Developmental disabilities   Diversity and Inclusion   Investigative interviewing

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Research projects

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Dahl, Nina Christine; Garrels, Veerle ; Jakobsen, Kristina Kepinska (2026). “Gut feeling and subtle signals”: Norwegian police officers' strategies for identifying cognitive disabilities in suspects during the initial stages of the legal process. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. Vol. 106.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2026.102204

Garrels, Veerle ; Jensen, Hanne Pauline; Engbråten, Anne Liv (2025). Police Officers’ Reflections on Using Alternative and Augmentative Communication During Investigative Interviewing of People with Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing (NJSP). Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.18261/njsp.12.1.9

Acharya, Yadav; Garrels, Veerle ; Kafle, Basu Dev (2025). Invisible on the field: Experiences of students with visual impairment in physical education in Nepal. European Physical Education Review.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336x251378404

Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten; Garrels, Veerle ; Dean, Evan Edward; Wendelborg, Christian (2025). Characteristics of Workplaces and Employers That Embrace Cognitive Diversity on the Work Floor. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Vol. 63.
https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-63.2.105

Schmid, Evi ; Garrels, Veerle ; Skåland, Børge (2024). The continuum of rapport: Ethical tensions in qualitative interviews with vulnerable participants. Qualitative Research. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941231224600

Schmid, Evi ; Garrels, Veerle (2024). Ethical Pitfalls in Research with Young People: How Can They Be Identified and Addressed?. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research. Vol. 33.
https://doi.org/10.1177/11033088241254230

Garrels, Veerle ; Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten (2024). Å lære fra dem som har fått jobb. Garrels, Veerle; Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten (Ed.). Jobbklar med utviklingshemming - Praktisk hjelp til å lykkes. p. 49-64. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3855096

Garrels, Veerle ; Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten (2024). Jobbklar med utviklingshemming - Praktisk hjelp til å lykkes. ISBN: 9788215071817. 165 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3853720

Ellingsen, Karl Elling; Garrels, Veerle ; Strøm-Rasmussen, Helene Thoner (2024). Kurs om selvbestemmelse. Samfunn for alle : tidsskrift for Norsk forbund for utviklingshemmede. Vol. 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4008291

Solberg, Stine ; Laundal, Øyvind ; Garrels, Veerle (2023). Scoping Review of Positive Mental Health Research for Students in Vocational Education and Training. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training.
https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.10.2.6



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Research reports

Garrels, Veerle (2019). Promoting self-determination for adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Validation of a self-determination measure and evaluation of an educational intervention. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/71552



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Dissemination

Garrels, Veerle (2026). «Mennesker uten talespråk blir oftere utsatt for vold og overgrep, men sjelden avhørt».
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5483454

Garrels, Veerle (2026). Jobbspesialistens rolle overfor unge voksne med lett utviklingshemming på vei inn i arbeidslivet. Faglig frokost. HeltMed.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5357420

Honkanen, Eija; Ribu, Ingeborg Sophie ; Bask, Sini; Garrels, Veerle (2025). Comparing observational practices and their learning outcomes for special needs teacher students in Finland and Norway - Pedagogi. Pedagogi. Vol. 01.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5320489

Garrels, Veerle (2025). The use of alternative and augmentative communication in facilitated police interviewing. EAMHID 2025. European Association on Mental Health in Intellectual Disabilities.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4119649

Garrels, Veerle (2025). Utfordringer i rettssikkerhet for personer med utviklingshemming – Viktige fokusområder for spesialisthelsetjenesten. Fagdag . Habiliteringsavdeling for voksne, Haukeland sykehus, Helse Bergen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4555635

Bask, Sini; Garrels, Veerle ; Ribu, Ingeborg Sophie ; Honkanen, Eija (2025). Special needs and special needs teacher education in Norway and Finland. eSignals.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5097181

Næss, Kari-Anne Bottegård; Engevik, Liv Inger; Garrels, Veerle ; Moljord, Gøril ; Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten (2025). Barn og unge med utviklingshemming - deltakelse, utvikling og læring. Befring, Edvard; Næss, Kari-Anne Bottegård (Ed.). Spesialpedagogikk. p. 444-480. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4928283

Garrels, Veerle (2025). Frå skulkar til lærar.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3373572

Garrels, Veerle (2025). Stor auke i antall autistiske barn: 4 av 10 lærarar seier dei ikkje kan nok for å følgje dei opp.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3672149

Garrels, Veerle (2025). Effective school-work transitions for young people with intellectual disability. International Symposium on Special Education. Collaborative Pathways: Bridging Research and Practice in Special Education. Umeå University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4387768



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