Lyskova G.T.
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ESSENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF SOCIALIZATION OF YOUNGER SCHOOLCHILDREN IN AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM ^{[№ 3 ' 2019]}
The integration of children with disabilities at comprehensive school is aimed primarily at socializing them in the society. The conflict of relationship and acceptance of disabled children within their age group lies in the personal characteristics of elementary schoolchildren.
This research of communicative skills of elementary students in the conditions of an inclusive class was conducted with the application of method of sociometric status of a child in a class to study the degree of students’ preferences of children with disabilities as potential communicative partners. The survey results in the inclusive class showed that the healthy children do not want to communicate with the disabled children. There are several reasons for that: fear, negative assessment, prejudice, a willingness to make friends only with the successful students. The children with disabilities are actually outcasts in the class.
To fulfill complete integration of children with disabilities in a class, the teacher’s work needs to be focused on their social adaptation. It is necessary to form communicative interaction of students. In my opinion, communicative interaction is a determining factor for creating good students’ relationships, everyone’s acceptance within a group, friendship, psychological well-being and improving the life quality of children with disabilities.