Formation of the image of a child with disabilities among students - defectologists
This article presents the results of the study of ideas about a child with disabilities (HIA) among students of speech pathologists of different courses. The authors proceed from the assumption that the image of a child with disabilities is one of the system-forming factors of necessary and expedient transformations of technologies of professional education of students-defectologists. The purpose of the study was to identify the features of changing the image of a child with disabilities among students studying in the training direction 44.03.03 "Special (defectological) education" in the process of studying at a university. The study involved students from 1st to 4th year. There are 98 people in total. As a result of processing and interpretation of the data obtained, conclusions were drawn that the first-year students have a diffuse-fantasy image of a child with disabilities. Under the influence of training, this image changes: it is refined and supplemented, it approaches real characteristics. At the same time, a change in the cognitive component of the image has been established with minimal changes in the emotional-reflexive, basic component of a person's attitude. The conclusions made allowed the authors of the article to formulate an assumption about the insufficient appeal to the emotional sphere of students in the educational process, which will be overcome by the development and testing of the appropriate technology.