Olha Nabochenko has been working as Deputy Director and Head of the Educational and Methodological Center of the State Institution “School of Superheroes” since October 2022, and is also active as Visiting Scientist at the University of Indiana (USA) where she studies the impact of psychological trauma that war causes on children with special educational needs and how to further work with such children. Previously, she worked as State Expert in the Expert Group on Out-of-school and Inclusive Education of the Directorate of Preschool, School, Out-of-school and Inclusive Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Her areas of responsibility included education of children with special educational needs (inclusive education, special education, provision of education for children who do not study, education in hospitals) and psychological support.
Olha holds the scientific degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences which she was awarded after following a postgraduate course at the Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology named after Mykola Yarmachenko of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine. She also holds a Master’s degree from the Institute of Special Psychology and Correctional Pedagogy of the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanova.