Keyword: «properties of attention»
Experimental study of voluntary attention in older preschool children with intellectual disabilities
The article discusses the problem of the development of voluntary attention in patients with mild mental retardation. The results of an empirical study of the properties of attention in older preschool children with mild mental retardation are presented..
The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of psychological and pedagogical support for the development of voluntary attention in older preschool children. The essence, properties and stages of the formation of voluntary attention, the role of speech and the adult in its genesis are revealed. The methods and techniques of working with preschoolers are described, taking into account the zone of proximal development and the transition from external to internal regulation.

Alina Sypryaga