SOCIAL INCLUSION IN MODERN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article highlights the organizational issues of social inclusion in modern educational institutions, ensuring equal access to education without discrimination at all levels. The author argues that inclusive education guarantees every child the right to self-realization, socialization in society, promotes the disclosure of natural abilities, obtaining the necessary help and support from parents, peers, teachers, and professionals. It is necessary to create a new culture of acceptance and social inclusion so as to allow every individual to feel a part of the community and be recognized in society. Psychological and pedagogical support is perhaps the most important for stimulating the successful provision of inclusive education. Inclusive education provides an equality-based learning environment for children with mental and physical disabilities and their healthy peers. In the focus are the main aspects of psychological and pedagogical support: the creation of a tolerant attitude to students with disorders of psychophysical development, the favorable climate in an educational institution; involvement of every child in social processes, acceptance by teachers, peers, family, and understanding the special educational needs of everyone; providing a correctional and developmental component of inclusive education. The article considers the basic principles of correctional-pedagogical work in educational institutions, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of this activity. The author states that the quality of the educational process largely depends on the extent to which the potential opportunities for learning and development of each child, his/her individual characteristics are taken into account and realized.
 The professional competence of a teacher and its constant improvement in the changing conditions of inclusive education contribute greatly to the learning process efficiency. To ensure the principles implementation effectiveness, teachers ought to concentrate on the organization of correctional and developmental work. They have to develop a system of correctional, preventive, developmental tasks, promote the unity of diagnosis and corrective methods of psychological influence, taking into account age and individual characteristics, and active involvement of the immediate social environment.
 The study seeks out to identify the main problems that arise during the organization of inclusive education (shortcomings of the legal framework, funding, content of education, adaptation of secondary schools, lack of proper teachers' training, specialized textbooks, and various socio-psychological issues). The findings of the study argue that in today's rapidly changing conditions, the educational environment is not isolated from external and internal factors that can cause both positive results and generate destructive changes. A system of preventive measures is offered to ensure the successful implementation of social inclusion