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Anders Dechsling is a Professor at the Department of Education, ICT and Learning at Østfold University College (HIOF). He is affiliated with the Special Education academic environment within the Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages. His primary role includes teaching in the master's program in Special Education and involvement in courses related to the national professional development initiative Kompetanseløftet. He has led and contributed to multiple externally funded research projects, including studies on VR applications in education, autism interventions, and auditory processing disorders.
His academic background includes a master’s degree in Learning in Complex Systems from OsloMet and a doctoral dissertation on autism and VR. Previously, he worked in schools and health services as an environmental therapist and family counselor. Dechsling serves on the Faculty Board of Teacher Education and Languages and leads the Østfold chapter of the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis. He has collaborated with institutions like Yale University, UCLA, and the Karolinska Institutet.
His research focuses on special education practices, interdisciplinary approaches between social education and special education, and VR applications in aiding individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Notable projects include evaluating VR interventions for children with autism and studying the effectiveness of Småsteg on socio-emotional learning in kindergartens.
Dechsling has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with recent work emphasizing VR’s role in autism support, audio technology for sensory differences, and teacher perspectives on implementing VR in special education. He actively reviews for journals like Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and guest-edited a special issue for Research in Developmental Disabilities.
His advising includes three PhD candidates focused on topics ranging from auditory processing disorders to AAC interventions. He has also led projects totaling over NOK 35 million in external funding, demonstrating a strong commitment to translating research into practical educational tools.
