Characteristics of development of methodological competences of students - future teachers of children with mental disabilities
The article deals with the research results regarding the methodological training of future teachers of children with mental disabilities: substantiates the empiric work based on the point of the competence, system and activity approaches, describes the process and evaluation criteria for methodological competence, analyses the information that characterizes the development of the contents and procedural aspects of the competences during the 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> years of study.