Keyword: «children with mental retardation»

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in children with mental retardation, the communication sphere develops with a significant lag without purposeful care of an adult, the search for effective conditions for the development of the communicative skills of children with disabilities is a priority area of special education. The purpose of the article: theoretical and methodological analysis of researches on the development of children with mental retardation in context of inclusive education, presentation of the innovative project "Me, you, he, she are a friendly family". The article reveals the content of the innovation project. The project is aimed at developing the dialogue skills with peers and adults in pre-school children with mental retardation; providing in a pre-school educational organization such conditions that are aimed at developing the communicative activity of children with mental retardation in various activities; increase of teachers’ professional competence in preschool educational organization on a researched problem; establishment of cooperation between families of preschool children with mental retardation and parents of children with normal development. In the course of the project implementation it is supposed to use gaming, communicative technologies (conversation-dialogues, thematic festivals and entertainments, didactic and role-playing games, problem situations solving, fiction reading, reviewing albums with photographs, etc.) in work with preschool children; technologies used in the process of increasing the professional competence of pre-school educational organizations teachers (questionnaires, consultations, master classes, workshops, portfolio, teachers’ council, pedagogical round table, exhibition of psychological and educational literature for educators, etc.); technologies used in the process of increasing the pedagogical competence of parents (thematic parents' meetings, individual consultations, posting information for parents on the site of a kindergarten, creative competition, trainings, an exhibition of pedagogical literature for parents, etc.).

The article is devoted to the study of the features of memory disorders in primary school children with mental retardation. The literature on the problem of memory disorders in primary school children with mental retardation was studied and analyzed, and a ascertaining experiment was conducted. As a result, the features of verbal and logical memory of primary school children were revealed.

The article is devoted to the study of the features of disorders of mental activity of children with mental retardation. The literature on the problem of thinking disorders of schoolchildren with mental retardation was studied and analyzed, and a stating experiment was conducted. As a result, the features of children's mental activity were revealed.

The article deals with the problem of correction of social (life) competencies in children of primary school age with mental retardation by means of psycho-gymnastics in the context of inclusive education. Thanks to psycho-gymnastic classes, children with mental retardation gain experience of favorable interaction and the psychological foundation for successful socialization.

The article examines the characteristics of children with mental retardation, motor tests to assess the sense of rhythm in children with mental retardation of preschool age.