CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION SPACE ORIENTATION AND APPROACHES OF IT'S FORMING
In numerous psychological and pedagogical researches the exclusive role of development of subject and social space in construction by the child of a complete picture of the world, understanding of the place in it reveals. The problem of development of the surrounding space is particularly relevant in relation to children with mental retardation. It was found that children aged 8-11 years with mental retardation had an insufficient level of develop-ment of practical spatial orientation. It was difficult to perceive the spatial relationship of objects and had the skills of basic practical orientation. The means, methods and pedagogical conditions of development of practical orientation, which in general, can significantly increase the level of the following spatial-indicative skills in children with mental retardation