Dina Machyeva

The article focuses on the issue of the need for inclusive education in modern society, reviews sources on the inclusive education of children with disabilities, and describes the advantages and disadvantages of integrated education and inclusion. The development of inclusive education practices for the integration of children with disabilities into the general educational environment is recognized as a priority in most countries, including Russia. Russian and foreign researchers offer various methods and technologies for organizing the joint education of children with normal development and various developmental conditions. However, simply placing disabled children together with healthy children does not provide positive results. Instead, the conditions, programs, environment and educational tools must be changed in a way that every child has the opportunity to get a high quality education. To achieve these goals, school teaching methodology must be restructured in such a way that it can fully meet the diverse needs of all students and enhance communication and interaction between them. One of the main opportunities to provide high quality education and solve the numerous current issues in the teaching and socialization of children is the use of multimedia training systems. This modern and developing educational resource has the potential to become an important tool for the social integration of children with disabilities. Thanks to its interactivity and flexibility, high-quality multimedia content easily adapts the educational process to the socio-cultural specifics and interests of students, and can be adjusted to individual styles and learning progress. The opportunities provided by multimedia technologies are especially useful for working with disabled children who require special, individualized educational programs. The article also describes the advantages of multimedia technologies introduction in inclusive education. It is shown how multimedia education systems can compensate for certain difficulties experienced in working with inclusive classes. The authors demonstrate the multimedia system for general primary school they are developing, featuring numerous media tools for the development of a child's intellectual and creative potential, regardless of a child's health condition.