Oddbjørn Løndal
Job description
Univercity lecturer in mental health science. From January 2014 until today Løndal has been a part of the leading team for Incredible Years in Norway (De Utrolige Årene (DUÅ), - in the role of administrative leadership. More information. Ha had leave from those tasks in 2020 and 2021. In the period January 2014 - Desember 2019 he also was a part of RKBU North's (UiT) leaderteam.
Lønsdal is doing eduacation, supervising and certification of group leaders in schools, classrooms, kindergartens, mental helth clinics, child welfare service, maternal and child helth centre, etc. (See homepage and Facebook page). Løndal is part of several international network for people working with implementation of IY-programs; e.g.: Erasmus+ 2017-2020. He's also part of several Research Groups around research on IY (DUÅ) programs in Norway.
Løndal was leader for the Norwegian part of an EEA Grant project in The Czech Republic, where the aim was to implement and do research on the parent training program Triple P. The project period was 2019 - 2024. Løndal is involved in piloting the new European non-profit parenting project Invest in Play (IIP) and is a member of the steering committee for iiP in Norway, representing RKBU Nord/UiT and participates in decisions related to the testing and evaluation of the initiative in Norway. He is a permanent member of the international network, the International Forum for Implementation and Research on Evidence-Based Interventions for Children (IFIREBIC).
Løndal is a member of several development projects in collaboration with RKBU Midt-Norge, RKBU Vest, RBUP Øst og Sør, The
Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development (NUBU), and a network of Norwegian municipalities.
Løndal is a member of the organizing committee for the Norwegian Children and Youth Congress 2026 and was member also for the congress in 2024. This is the largest national congress for the fields working with children and youth mental health and child welfare. Information about the Children and Youth Congress
From March 2026 Løndal has a board membership for Nasjonalt Nettverk for Implementeringsforskning (NIMP)
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Research interests
Mainly ramdomized quantitative research studys
- social competence influence on academic learning
- prevention, targeted prevention and treatment for conduct disorders and ADHD
- group based treatments
- why is spesific practice so important?
- knowlegde about implementation of evidence baced programs
Teaching
Doing lectures in different master programs related to mental health, child welfare and pedagogy.
Net baced lecture about implementation of De Utrolige Årene (DUÅ), 2017
Member of research group / centre
CV
- Master degree in mental health topics, - Health science
- Preschool Teacher
- Educated in group based tretment and supervision for children, parents and emplyees in classrooms, kindergartens, mental helth clinics, child welfare service, etc.
- Education regarding etnic challanges in the child welfare service
Attachments:
- pingvinen_n16LR[1] (pdf)
- DUÅs lederteam_Nordlys_19.2.2014 (png)
- Ringsaker blad 26.9.2013 (png)