Mykhalska Y.А., Rudzevych I.L. - Features of the use of healthpreserving technologies in the learning process of children with SEN

Contact: Yuliia Mykhalska, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Fundamentals of Correctional Work, Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohienko National University, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. Research interests: psychology of medical staff relationships; psychosomatic disorders in different age groups, the use of health-preserving technologies.

Rudzevych Iryna, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Foundations of Correctional Work, Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohienko National University, KamianetsPodilskyi, Ukraine. Research interests: problems of pedagogical, age and general psychology.

The article considers the latest and most effective health-preserving technologies that should be used in teaching children with special educational needs: teaching a healthy lifestyle (game therapy, communication games, self-massage), technologies for maintaining and promoting health (rhythmic plastic surgery, eye gymnastics, relaxation, moving and sports games, breathing gymnastics, dynamic pauses, articulation gymnastics), correctional technologies (art therapy, fairy tale therapy, color therapy, psychogymnastics, phonetic rhythmics). It is noted that the use of health technologies in the education of children with SEN is a preventive method that prevents health problems from worsening over time and therefore does not complicate the learning process. For best results, health technologies in education should include components such as the optimal level of difficulty, variability of methods and forms of learning; optimal combination of motor and static loads; learning in small groups; use of clarity; combination of different forms of providing information; creating an emotionally favorable atmosphere; formation of motivation to study; cultivating students' knowledge of health. The use of health-preserving  technologies in the learning process allows to make a comprehensive assessment of living conditions, preserve the physical and mental potential of young people, develop a higher level of health and healthy lifestyle skills, monitor individual development indicators, predict possible health changes and conduct appropriate measures to improve the quality of life of the subjects of the educational environment. It is established that the introduction of innovative health-preserving technologies in training gives a positive result. It is mandatory to use psychological and pedagogical techniques, methods, approaches to solve emerging problems with children's health, but only a comprehensive and systematic use of these technologies helps to achieve significant results. Health-preserving technologies used in the educational process create the maximum possible conditions for maintaining, strengthening and developing the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, personal and physical health of children with SEN. It is established that the current state of health of the Ukrainian population actualizes the problem of introduction of health-preserving technologies, formation of valeological type of consciousness of the younger generation.

Key words: health-preserving technologies, children with special educational needs, healthy lifestyle, correctional technologies, education, technologies of preservation and promotion of health.