Preventive Psychological and Pedagogical Program “I Am a Fifth Grader”

The program “I Am a Fifth Grader” is one of the main programs implemented today in the municipal autonomous institution of additional education the “Doverie” diagnostic and counseling center for children of Vladikavkaz aged 11–12 years. This program was developed and modified on the basis of the Methodological Recommendations for educational psychologists of educational organizations on conducting preventive work with minors experiencing difficulties in learning, upbringing and so-cialization. Has a preventive psychological and pedagogical orientation. The program is aimed at creating the necessary conditions for personal development, adaptation to constantly changing con-ditions, strengthening of psychological health, and the formation of 21st century skills in schoolchil-dren. The program “I Am a Fifth Grader” is implemented in accordance with the Strategy for the de-velopment of education in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025, taking into account the mentality and region of the republic. The proposed program is based on the work of Russian psy-chologists dealing with the problems of interpersonal relations, adaptation of children of primary school age. The course of this program is built taking into account the individual, age, psychological and physiological characteristics of students and contributes to the achievement of educational goals through the mastery of universal educational actions by students. One of the leading tasks of psychological and pedagogical support is to create conditions for the free development of the per-sonality, expanding the educational space to provide children with the opportunity to gain a variety of social experiences, the formation of social skills necessary in a rapidly changing world, self-development and self-determination. This program involves a whole range of psycho-preventive measures, which are aimed not only at the individual psychological and pedagogical correction of the student's personality, but also at restoring his social status in the peer group.