Formation of social competence in adolescents with intellectual disabilities

Contact: Utiosov Yan, 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 deals with the problem of formation of social competence in teenagers with mental retardation. The basic concept of research is defined. The author understands the social competence as the mastering of the corresponding competence, including teenager’s personal attitude to the subject of social activity or social behavior. Competence is considered by the author as a set of interrelated personality traits (knowledge, skills, activity methods) that relate to a certain range of phenomena and processes necessary for high-quality productive activity. Social competences are functional tasks related to social activities or social behavior that a teenager can successfully solve. Some important components of social competence are given. Though social competences are the ability to build interpersonal relationships, have a joint activity, norms of behavior, communication in society, soft technologies, ability to work in team, under leadership, etc. The author scientifically substantiates the specifics of psychological and pedagogical influence on the social competence formation of teenagers with intellectual disorders. The article describes the main conditions and specifics of the corrective work for the formation of social competence of the teenagers. This is the formation of a strong and lasting active motive; the introduction of restrictive purposes; consistency and independence of action; consolidating the skills of actions moving into new conditions from lesson to extracurricular work, etc.

Key words: social competence, adolescents, intellectual disorders.