Diagnosis of perception of space in preschool children with intellectual disabilities

Contact: UtiosovaMariya,post-graduate student of the department correctional pedagogy and inclusive education of Kamenets-Podolsk National University named after Ivan Ogienko, Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine.

The article defines the problem of development of space perception in children with intellectual disabilities as a component of their successful socialization. The analysis of scientific researches on this issue is given. It is emphasized that the development of perception includes two interrelated aspects: the formation and improvement of representations about the types of objects properties that perform the functions of sensory standards; formation and improvement of the perceptual actions necessary for the use of standards in the analysis of real objects properties .The diagnostics results of space perception and integral image of objects are presented. Integral image is considered as a result of complex feelings interaction of past perceptions consequences which are already existing in the cerebral cortex.
Criteria and scales for assessing the development of perception for the methods used in the study were developed, types of care were provided and possible levels of task fulfillment were developed. It has been established that in pre-school children with intellectual disabilities there is a low (at RV) and medium and low (with RPD) level of formation of spatial representations and spatial orientation. The author notes that this can greatly affect the overall development of children, their ability to master counting, reading, writing, drawing skills and manual labor in the future. It is noted that with specially modeled corrective work, in the presence of favorable factors for the development and formation of spatial perception, it is possible to increase the level of formation of these qualities in preschoolers with intellectual disorders. The author identifies a promising research topic.

Key words: diagnostics, perception of space, preschoolers, intellectual disorders.