Teaching Teachers And Parents Of Children On A Long Medical Treatment

Abstract

This article discusses the problem of psychological and pedagogical assistance and professional development of teachers and parents of those children who are on long-term treatment in a hospital. Due to the peculiarity of living conditions, the psychological state and socialization of seriously and permanently ill children and their parents, there is some need to help teachers of hospital schools and parents interact with sick children and organize the educational process in a hospital. The article presents the experience of Moscow City Pedagogical University, which for several years has been engaged in the search for formats and technologies to provide psychological and pedagogical assistance to the above target groups, develop effective programs that contribute to the continued professional activities of sick children’s parents, taking into account their life circumstances. The problems and issues that are relevant for both teachers and parents of sick children are indicated. The description of the already developed programs of formal and non-formal education of teachers and parents of children who are on long-term treatment in a medical institution is given. The technologies, methods and forms of conducting classes are described; the results of a sociological survey of teachers and parents are presented. The article summarizes the experience of training teachers and parents of children who are on long-term treatment in the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center (FNCC) named after Dmitry Rogachev and the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital (RCCH), using the resources of the “Teach& Know” project.