Impact of Psycho-Pedagogical Assistance in the Development of Socialization Skills for Children during Integration in Special Schools

The problem of socializing children with intellectual disabilities is revealed in the article as well as the ways of psycho-pedagogical support for their socialization at the stage of integration under the conditions of a special comprehensive school. In terms of present-day social-economic changes in our country, the problem of preparing people with special needs (various intellectual developmental disabilities) for independent living is aggravating. It demands them not only to acquire certain knowledge and skills but also the ability to solve different life problems, to adapt to new conditions determined by life and concrete circumstances, and successfully integrate to different life activity spheres. Thus the socialization support of children should become the important area of correction work at the educational, training and rehabilitation institutions. The influence occurs only under the conditions of special organization of pedagogical process. To reach the purpose and define the peculiarities of socialization among children with intellectual disabilities, empiric methods (talking, questioning, method of export evaluation, questionnairing, interviewing) are used; Study and generalization of pedagogical experience, which reveals the state and competence of teachers concerning the provision of pupils' socialization at the stage of integration at a special general education school, are also applied. The results of introducing the special correction developmental work are represented in the article. The analysis of the results shows the considerable increase of the general socialization level as well as the level of separate indicators at the stage of integration under the conditions of a special comprehensive school. The efficiency of the correction technology of socialization for children with intellectual disabilities proposed by us is emphasized.