Irina Dahova

The article presents the technology of remedial work with older preschoolers suffering from mental retardation. The work is aimed at building up motivational readiness for schooling. Two directions of corrective action are described. Thanks to conducting classes with this technology use, preschoolers with mental retardation have changed their attitude to schooling for the better, and increased the level of learning motivation.

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of motivational readiness to school among senior preschoolers with mental retardation. The author makes an analysis of the sources concerning the problem, diagnostics of motivational readiness for school education, and reveals the prevailing motives. The features of the motivation to school among preschool children with mental retardation are analyzed.