Natalya Kravchenko

The article deals with the problem of developing interpersonal interaction competence among adolescents, which is rather relevant for modern society. Modern teenagers often do not feel the need for interaction, joint social actions and prefer virtual communication, escape from reality. The purpose of the work is to study the level of the of interpersonal interaction competence development among adolescents in the process of organizing teamwork during the implementation of the program "School of Active Growth", which is a set of events and actions that form them, aimed at organizing the relationships among team members. Based on the conducted information and analytical review, as well as on our own experience of educational activities in children's social associations, we found the form of organization of interpersonal interaction among students through building of a team of like-minded people. The article presents the examples of specific activities within the framework of the program. The author notes the positive experience of organizing teamwork in the development of interpersonal interaction of adolescents on the basis of 76 educational organizations of the Omsk region for two years. The total number of participants in the program is 760 teenagers at the age of 12-15 years. The study showed that, on average, a high level of development of interpersonal interaction competences was detected in 67.2% of respondents after participating in the implementation of the program, an average level – in 48.8%, a low level – in 9.3%. The obtained results allow us to state about the development of interpersonal interaction competences among adolescents when they are included in the organized process of working on the thematic units of the program. The theoretical significance of the research is as follows: the modular structure of the content of the process of developing the interpersonal interaction competences among adolescents is defined, including three blocks: motivational, substantive and final; the criteria for assessing the level of the of interpersonal interaction competences development among adolescents are identified. The practical significance of the research lies in the implementation of the program "School of Active Growth", aimed at organizing team work, determining methods for diagnosing the level of interpersonal interaction competences development among adolescents. The sphere of application of the research results: children's public organizations, general education organizations, social centers, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and youth policy departments, institutions of additional education.