ONLINE COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN OF REFUGEE AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED FAMILIES: BARRIERS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

Abstract

Relevance. The problem of socio-psychological adaptation of refugee and internally displaced families should be considered in the context of the task of general adaptation for migrants and assistance provided at all levels of government with the involvement of psychological and social services of the Russian Federation. The use of online psychological assistance technologies will help to solve a number of important issues related to the speed of assistance, the availability of specialists, etc. The most vulnerable social group are children and adolescents who face diffi culties in adapting to school, in overcoming cultural shock, which does not contribute to full integration into the Russian community. Childhood traumas, as a rule, are an insurmountable barrier to socialization in the future, family, career, and civil. There is a contradiction between the possibilities and limitations of online counseling for children of refugee and internally displaced families. Objective is to assess the barriers of psychological online counseling for children of refugee and internally displaced families in the context of development. Materials and methods of research included online counseling of children from displaced families within the framework of the project “Life goes on”, implemented with a grant from the President of the Russian Federation, presented by the Presidential Grants Fund No. --.  online consultations were conducted within the framework of the family system approach. Main results. The main groups of factors affecting the quality of online counseling for children in a situation of isolation from the usual social environment include the following: ) psychophysiological features (age, manifestations of disinhibition, high level of anxiety, emotional lability, uncontrolled anger); ) the degree of severity of mental traumatization; ) the unpreparedness of the family system for changes. The above factors make it possible to demonstrate the imbalance between the needs and limitations of online care and its proven therapeutic capability [Fedonnikov A. S., ]. Conclusion. Institutionalization of psychological online counseling for families of refugees and internally displaced people is a long-term process for the adaptation and integration of children into the social order at a new place of residence.