Gajash O.V. - Features of planning and conducting correctional and developmental classes in an inclusive resource center

Information on an author: Gajash Oksana, PhD of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of physical rehabilitation in Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Academic interests: an implementation of inclusive education of children with intellectual development disorders; the problem of the оrganization's correctional work with children with intellectual disabilities, the formation of them educational and practical activity.

The problem of correctional and developmental education and upbringing of children with special educational needs is not new, but it still has a number of insufficiently resolved issues. In particular, one of them is the peculiarities of conducting correctional and development classes in the conditions of an inclusive resource center. So, the article presents the results of the study on the study of this issue. It is noted that the tasks of correctional work can be correctly set only on the basis of comprehensive diagnosis, assessment of reserves of potential opportunities of the child, determination of the zone of its immediate development. The content of correctional and developmental classes aimed at solving specific tasks, the main directions of correctional and developmental work are highlighted. Examples of formulation of the purpose and tasks of correctional and developmental classes are given. The author gives an approximate structure of correctional and developmental classes (psychological training, main part, final part). The article stipulates that for the implementation of correctional goals in classes with children with mental and physical disabilities should use special means of correction, taking into account the specific category of disorders and student characteristics (clarity, repetition, optimization of the pace and dynamics of fatigue, use of different games, pedagogical regime, positive emotions of the teacher as a means of stimulating children to activity and communication). The pedagogical conditions, observance of which ensures the success of correctional and developmental classes, are considered.

Keywords: correctional and developmental classes, inclusive resource center, children with special educational needs.