Havrylov O. - A socially-oriented model for structuring educational environments for children with moderate intellectual disabilities

Contact: HAVRILOV Oleksiy, PhD in Psychological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Speech Therapy and Special Techniques of Kamyanets-Podilsky Ivan Ohienko National University, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Ukraine. Academic interests: features of the development of cognitive and emotional-volitional spheres of children with speech disorders; methods of education of children with speech and intellectual disorders; organization of work with individuals with moderate intellectual disabilities.

This article presents a proposal for a socially oriented model for organizing educational spaces for children with moderate intellectual disabilities attending special education schools. The proposed model uses education as the foundation for forming socially valuable competencies, creates individual development pathways, designs a specifically organized educational environment, and includes classroom architectural design that takes into account the needs of children with moderate intellectual disabilities. This approach is expected to optimize the educational process and incorporate socially valuable and significant aspects into it. The socially-oriented model for educational spaces provides an optimal approach to managing the academic load for these students, and more effectively and appropriately utilizes the skills of educators working with them.

Key words: moderate intellectual disability, socially-oriented educational model, individual development pathway, classroom architectural design, competencies, education.