ORGANIZATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICE OF DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Abstract

The article considers the problems of organizing psychological and pedagogical support of day care for children with disabilities who have complex disorders of physical and mental development, including autism spectrum disorders. Currently, day care for children with disabilities is a basic social service, which, according to the classifier of social services, provides social rehabilitation; social and labor adaptation and organization of leisure; care; training of parents of children with disabilities, and children with serious diseases, disorders, injuries, conditions (including before the establishment of disability). The service is provided semi-permanently (during the working day without overnight stays) in the premises of the social service provider. The documents accompanying the provision of social day care services for children with disabilities must contain: an agreement with the parents/recipients of the service; assessment of the needs of a child with a disability in care; psychological and pedagogical assessment of child development; individual development program.Despite the great need, the service is developing very slowly. Requires staffing and methodological support, training of employees. During 2020-2022, with the support of UNICEF and a number of other international organizations in Ukraine, the Joint project is underway, thanks to which the day care service is being implemented in the united territorial communities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In particular, about 50 supervisions and workshops on the organization of social services and its psychological and pedagogical support were conducted. It is time to develop methodological recommendations for day care departments and specially organized professional development of pedagogical specialists working with children with disabilities in the provision of social day care services.