Mishchenko M.S. - The role of a practical psychologist as a member of the inclusive process support team

Contact: Maryna Mishchenko, Ph.D. in Psychology, Assistant Professor Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Uman, Ukraine. Academic interests: psychological and pedagogical support of personality in educational institutions, psychological rehabilitation of children and young people with educational needs, prevention of emotional burnout.

The article highlights the role of a practical psychologist in the work of an inclusive process support team. The characteristics of psychological support of a child with special educational needs, who study in a general educational institution and ensure optimal development, successful integration into society, are characterized. Inclusive education is a system of educational services based on the principle of ensuring the basic right of children to education and the right to obtain it at their place of residence, which provides for the education of a child with special educational needs in a general educational setting. The positive result of psychological support for a child with special educational needs in an inclusive class is its inclusion in the general educational space and social life, because this improves not only educational achievement, social skills, but also a positive perception of children with special educational needs. In schools with the special role to training psychologists and logopedam, highlights the importance of their cooperation. The article deals with separate issues of organization of psychological and pedagogical support for the education of children with special educational requirements in secondary schools. The problem facing inclusive school is the development personally oriented pedagogical methods that would ensure successful education for all children, including children with mental or physical disabilities. The basic principle of creating an inclusive school is that all children are children should study together in all cases wherever possible, despite certain difficulties or differences that exist between them. The activity of a practical psychologist should be directed at achievement of the general goals defined by the psychological-medicalpedagogical council. The psychologist forms a child with special educational needs skills of interaction with children and adults, develops communication skills, works on the prevention and correction of maladaptive behavior, with the correction of disorders in the development of the cognitive sphere.

Keywords: inclusive education, practical psychologist, psychological and pedagogical support.