EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES OF MILITARY SERVANTS CHILDREN

Abstract

The article presentment that the psychological state of a demobilized soldiers can had a negative affects on all family members. In addition, the military profession form a specific family relationships and personal traits of parents, which have negatively affect to the child's ability to cope with various stresses. For the reasons stated above, it is advisable to consider the children of military servants as a group that needs a special educational environment. The results of scientific research on the psychological problems of children from families of military servants are summarized and these problems are considered in the aspect of educational difficulties. The paper presents the results of a study of typical PTSD symptoms among children of soldiers, which are manifest in the following forms: 1) hyperarousal manifests itself: in relationships, as the form anxiety to lose contact with significant person and attachment with him, in violations of the cognitive sphere and self-regulation of negative states; 2) the symptoms of avoidance are seen in: activation of the mechanism of psychological defense by the type of "repression", a decrease of social activity and withdrawal from social contact, the disappearance of interest in things that were previously important; 3) symptoms of intrusion manifest in the form of obsessive memories and repetitive negative experiences those are suddenly and inadequately beginning appear in the social environment. The article outlines the main ways to optimize the educational environment for children of military servants with the educational problems that were consideration, which are: organization of psychoeducational events for teachers, which are dedicated to disclosing the specifics of this category of children and the main directions, strategies, ways of solving psychological and pedagogical problems that arise in the educational environment; by introducing special educational and methodological modules during the preparation of specialists for teaching, upbringing and psychological professional work with this category of children; preventive psychological interventions aimed at reducing the risk of distress, psychotrauma and PTSR development in this category of children; creation of proposition of psychological rehabilitation, psychocorrection of children who need such help. Keywords: educational environment, a person with special educational needs, educational difficulties, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, optimization of the educational environment.