Socio-pedagogical support parents of children with special education needs in educational institutions

Abstract

The family of a child with special needs is a primary socializing institution. It forms the moral qualities of the child, its attitude to people, ideas about the nature of interpersonal relationships. Not all parents are able to accept the child’s illness, to respond adequately to emerging problems. Such emotional well-being has a negative impact on the mental wealth of both parents and children, their relationships with others. Exacerbates socio-psychological and personal conflicts. Causes problems in learning and mastering social norms of child behavior. Inclusive education should promote active involvement of parents to solving problems. Parents should constantly learn to cooperate for creation comfort educational environment for child with special educational
needs. It is argued the importance of working with parents on psycho-emotional sphere. Psychological support to parents who have children with physical disabilities aimed at such questions: resolving conflict situations that arise between the subjects of educational process; reduction of emotional discomfort of parents due to the peculiarities of child’s development, upgrading psychological and pedagogical culture of parents, maintaining their confidence in the child’s abilities; supporting of interpersonal relationships in the family upbringing styles. Based on the analysis of theory and methodic of social-pedagogical work with families who have children with psychophysical disorders, it has been presented following directions: involvement parents in the correctional and educational process; formation of their beliefs of the importance of family in overcoming difficulties of psychophysical development; formation of parents’ accepting with its development process, teaching of parents the psychological techniques of working with child at home. It has been recommended such forms of work with parents: communication and active listening; individual counseling, group forms (open days, questionnaires, parent-teacher interviews, thematic consultations, open classes, watching videos, trainings and group psychocorrection classes).