Andrea Ritosa

Research

Andrea is a doctoral student in Disability Research at the School of Education and Communication.

Her PhD project is a follow-up study and becomes part of the long-standing work CHILD's researchers are doing in examining the preschool as a protective and strengthening environment for children with behavioral problems. The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of the long-term effects of preschool environment and involvement in preschool activities on school engagement and results. They want to try to draw conclusions on both protective and strengthening factors for children's functioning, with a special focus on children with behavioral problems. Researchers have followed the children in the project since they were in preschool, and now they are in grade 3 and 6.

Biography

Andrea attended the master's program "Interventions in Childhood" at Jönköping University and has a master's degree in Psychology. She has previous work experience from the social services in Croatia, where she has worked with children and young people from difficult background conditions, and their families.