Preparing Specialists for Work in an Inclusive Educational Environment

Abstract

Article's purpose is to describe the features of professional training of specialists in inclusive education at the T.H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium”. To achieve this goal, a set of general scientific methods was used: analysis and generalization of works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists to characterize the development of inclusive education, creating an inclusive educational space and training specialists in inclusive education at the second (master's) level of higher education; systematization and generalization to understand the practical context of the problem and present the results of the study. The article analyzes the educational program “Inclusive Education. Correctional Pedagogy”, which is implemented at the T.H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium” and is aimed at training specialists for psychological and pedagogical support of children in an inclusive educational environment. It is emphasized that an inclusive educational environment is needed to socialize, develop, and educate children with special educational needs. Professional training of specialists who provide psychological and pedagogical and socio-pedagogical support to participants in the educational process in an inclusive environment, is carried out since 2018 at the T.H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium” under the educational program “Inclusive Education. Correctional Pedagogy”. Its purpose is to train a competent competitive specialist in inclusive education, able to provide socio-pedagogical support of the educational process and provide psychological and pedagogical assistance to children with special educational needs in an inclusive space.