Taran
O., Mishina S. PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF SENIORS IN THE SPHERE OF PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE FEATURES OF PSYCHOPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 

Taran O., Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of special psychology, remedial and inclusive education, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University 

Mishina S., IV Course, Department of special psychology, remedial and inclusive education, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University 

Abstract 

The article presents the results of a study of professional self-determination of senior pupils in the field of psycho-pedagogical support of children with features of psychophysical development. This study was carried out with the author's questionnaire. The obtained results are analyzed in a comparative perspective (high school students inclusive and of the model school), respectively, to four blocks of content: the experience of interaction with people with special needs; awareness of the professions that accompany the development of children with features of psychophysical development; the emotional attitude to work with children with developmental disorders; motivation to professional activity, which is associated with working with children with peculiarities of development. Revealed that the students of both types of schools notice a number of children with developmental disorders, but experience with them is dominated by students with inclusive schools. High school students found no sufficient awareness about the specific professions that accompany children with features of psychophysical development. The pupils of the model schools was emphasized more than the medical aspect, and high school students inclusive school teaching. The profession of a psychologist, speech therapist, defectologist and a social pedagogue in a certain measure of interest to prospective students. However, identified low motivation of students to work with children with peculiarities of psychophysical development, indicating the need for vocational guidance both in the inclusive and in the model schools.

Keywords:
children with features of psychophysical development;  professional identity; psychologist;  social worker;  speech pathologist;  speech therapist.

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