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Vedrana Baric

Associate Professor

School, and then? The occupational transition to working life and further education can be problematic for young adults with neuropsychiatric disabilities. I am interested in this transition process for young adults with Asperger鈥檚 syndrome and ADHD.

The occupational transition process from secondary to upper secondary school, to further studies and working life

The project 鈥淪upport at school and the transition to upper secondary school, further studies and work 鈥 young adults with Asperger鈥檚 syndrome and ADHD鈥 investigates the transition process from the perspective of young adults with neuropsychiatric disabilities.

The project is about adolescents and young adults with neuropsychiatric disabilities and their everyday life, with particular respect to support at school and the occupational transition to upper secondary school, further studies and/or working life. The transition process from secondary to upper secondary school, working life and/or further studies implies new challenges and is a critical point for many young adults with Asperger鈥檚 syndrome (AS) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). What kind of support they receive in secondary and upper secondary school and during the subsequent period can have considerable significance for young adults鈥 establishment in the labour market. The project sets out from the informants鈥 own perspectives and experiences of support at school and the transition process for secondary to upper secondary school, further studies and/or working life.

I am also involved in the RemindMe project, testing a new, interactive and web-based reminder system among young adults with neuropsychiatric difficulties.

Teaching on the Occupational Therapy programme

I teach mainly on the Occupational Therapy programme, where I am the course coordinator of the course 鈥淚CF, classification of functioning, disability and health鈥, and its application. I teach and lecturer on the international classifications ICF and ICF-CY on the second-cycle course 鈥淗ealth and participation in occupational therapy 鈥 a global perspective鈥. I supervise degree projects and group tutors, primarily on course 8.

Publications

Vedrana Bolic, Kristina Hellberg, Anette Kjellberg, Helena Hemmingsson (2016)

Autism , Vol.20 , s.183-195

Vedrana Bolic, Lena Haglund, Anette Kjellberg (2012)
Vedrana Bolic Baric, Helene Lidström, Nils Thelin, Anette Kjellberg, Helena Hemmingsson (2014)

16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists: Sharing Traditions, Creating Futures

2026

Barbara Piskur, Vedrana Baric, Moa Yngve, Sarah Meuser, Lars Goertzen, Ramon Daniels, Helene Lidstrom, Eefje Kern, Maria Borgestig (2026) Scandinavian Journal of 一本道al Research (Article in journal)
Moa Yngve, Vedrana Bolic Baric, Jenny Wilder, Maria Borgestig, Nina Klang (2026) European Journal of Special Needs 一本道 (Article in journal)
Vedrana Bolic Baric, Michaela Munkholm, Jenny Wilder, Helene Lidstrom (2026) European Journal of Special Needs 一本道, Vol. 41, p. 395-412 (Article in journal)

2025

Johannes H 脰sterholm, Vedrana Bolic Baric, Ingrid Hellstrom, Katarina Baudin, 脜sa Larsson Ranada (2025) BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 25, Article 423 (Article in journal)
Anton Dahlberg, Vedrana Bolic Baric, Filipa Sampaio, Karin F盲ngstr枚m (2025) BMC Psychology, Vol. 13, Article 309 (Article in journal)

Research project

Results from the research

School activities using the computer

The project also investigates how the use of computers and the internet creates conditions for participation at school and during leisure for adolescents with ADHD, in comparison with adolescents with physical disabilities and adolescents without disabilities.


The image shows how large a share of the different groups used a computer during school activities. Further results from the research project:

Support at school and the听transition to upper secondary school, further studies and work

Research project

ICF and Academic qualifications

ICF-International classification of functioning, disability and health

Together with Ann-Helen Almborg from the National Board of Health and Welfare and Lena Haglund from the Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), and on commission from the National Board of Health and Welfare, training material on the international ICF and ICF-CY classifications of functioning, disability and health has been developed.

  • Almborg A-H, Bolic V, Haglund L. 2011. ICF/ICF-CY training material. Part 1 鈥 Introduction to the model, structure and content.
  • Almborg A-H, Bolic V, Haglund L. 2011. ICF/ICF-CY training material. Part 2 鈥 Coding.

Academic qualifications

鈥 Registered occupational therapist 2007

鈥 MSc in occupational therapy 2010

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