STUDENTS WITH MODERATE AND SEVERE MENTAL DEFICIENCY: SOCIAL COMPETENCE ELEMENTARY COMPONENTS FORMATION
The appropriateness of the competence approach to teach children and teenagers with moderate and severe mental deficiency is analyzed. The goal of the article is to prove the possibility to form social competence elementary components for this category of students. The importance of the competence approach applicability to estimate individual educational programs for students with limited health abilities is emphasized. The correlation between social competence level and the degree of mental disability is demonstrated, and the independence of the social competence development level on students’ age and sex is revealed. Some pedagogical strategies to develop social competence elementary components are described as well as approaches determining education content. Effective teaching forms and methods are exemplified. The relevance of the competence approach to form social competence elementary components for children and teenagers with moderate and severe mental deficiency is proved.