About Us
Safe Learning,
from kindergarten through to upper secondary school
Safe Learning is an organization working to promote and develop a healthy and positive psychosocial learning environment and restorative justice throughout the entire course of education, from kindergarten through to upper secondary school. The organization began as the network organization Norwegian Forum for School Mediation (NFFS) in 2009 and became a formal organization in the fall of 2011. In the fall of 2013 NFFS changed its name to Safe Learning for two reasons. The primary reason for the name change was to expand our target audience beyond primary school to include the entire course of education from kindergarten to upper secondary school. For the second reason, it was necessary to highlight that the focus of Safe Learning is as much about preventative work as it is about conflict resolution.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Head of Department Etterstad High School.
Gunhild Solem
Chairman![FullSizeRender[6352]](https://trygglaring.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FullSizeRender6352.jpg)
Special education teachers. Managing Director of Safe Learning.
Mari Andrine Holen
Director
Senior Advisor, Norway Red Cross.
Mari Olsgaard
Director
Minority counselor IMDi at Lørenskog high school.
Ellen Mari Sletten
Director
Associate Professor Kuben High School.
Felix Muhriwa
Director
Teacher Holtet school.
Kjetil Tverrli Lervik
Director
Advisor Hersleb High School.
Eva Aarrestad-Eriksen
Director
Self-employed.
Bjørn Arthur Berntsen
DirectorADVISORY COMMITTEE
Knut Storberget
County Governor of Innlandet, former Minister of Justice.Kristin Schultz
Leader of Elevorganisasjonen (the Student Organization)Inger Haug
First lecturer and researcher, Hedmark University CollegeEllen Rykkja Gilbert
Senior adviser protection, unit for humanitarian values and international law, Norwegian Red Cross.Ingrid Kristine Hasund
Associate professor University of Agder, senior researcher at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ABUP), Sørlandets hospitalIda Hydle
Professor and researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Research on Growth, Welfare and Aging (NOVA), Professor II at the University of TromsøEspen Marius Foss
Associate professor at the Department of Health and Welfare, Østfold University CollegePer Andersen
Senior consultant in the Directorate of Prison and ProbationBodil Jenssen Houg
Head of student-, learning and bullying in Viken.Knut Petterson
Judge in Oslo District CourtWHAT WE DO?
Safe Learning works to spread knowledge and understanding about the principles and methods of restorative justice that are used by mediation boards, in school mediation as well as mediation efforts on the streets.
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Safe Learning offers counselling and courses to new schools and kindergartens that want to implement programs for restorative justice in their own organizations. The implementation of restorative practices includes pupils, students, kindergarten children, employees, parents and management. The goal is to build a foundation based on harmony, friendship and a safe inclusive environment where the seeds of bullying, harassment, violence and racism do not have the opportunity to grow.
Trygg Læring is a member of the Nordic incubator for social innovation, SoCentral, which has its office space at Sentralen i Oslo.