Alica Gärtner
Alica Gärtner
Research Interests
- (Inclusive) Education for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illness
- Illness Experiences and Coping in Adolescence
- School Transition and Reintegration after Hospitalization
- Psychosomatic Mutimorbidity in Childhood and Adolescence
Curriculum vitae
Professional Experience:
since 2025
Research associate at the Department of Special Needs Education & Rehabilitation at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2019 - 2024
Working experience as a professional assistant to people with complex disabilities and as part of the nursing team at a psychiatric hospital
2015 - 2016
Voluntary year at a special education school for intellecutal development impairments
Education and Training:
2022 - 2024
M. Ed. Special Education and Politics at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
specializing in pedagogy in the fields of physical-motor and emotional-social development
Master Thesis on "Challenging Behaviour in the Field of Physical and Motor Development: A Quantitative Study on Teachers’ Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Stress"
2019 - 2022
B. A. Special Education and Social Science at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Bachelor Thesis on "Career Decision-Making of Students with Visual Impairments: An Empirical Study on Influencing Factors in School-Based Vocational Guidance"
2016 - 2019
Vocational training in education and care for people with complex disabilities (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany)
Scholarships:
2021 - 2024
Begabtenförderung des Evangelischen Studienwerks Villigst
2020 - 2021
Deutschlandstipendium
Lectures
Winter term 2025 / 2026