Досвід українських закладів вищої освіти щодо реалізації психологопедагогічного супроводу здобувачів з особливими освітніми потребами

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic is explained by the fact that the number of applicants with special educational needs is increasing every year. This is due to the state’s social policy towards this category of applicants (clearly defined benefits), positive changes that are taking place in society regarding the integration of these individuals. The purpose of the article is analysis of the experience of organizing psychological and pedagogical support for students of higher education in Ukrainian higher education institutions. After analyzing the mechanisms for implementing psychological and pedagogical support for higher education students with educational needs, 4 higher education institutions were selected that were able to organize this process in the most qualitative and meaningful way (Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, Khmelnytsky Cooperative Institute of Trade and Economics, Poltava State Agrarian University). The main areas of work on psychological and pedagogical support for higher education students with special educational needs are: developing responsibility for their own behaviour, self-awareness and changing attitudes towards disability; counseling work with parents of students on the peculiarities of their adaptation, learning and participation in extracurricular activities on an equal footing with other participants in the educational process; social and psychological diagnostics, monitoring of personal development and social situation of students.