Keyword: «severe and multiple developmental disorders»

Primary school students with severe and multiple developmental disabilities have limited vocabulary, inaccuracy in the use of words, as well as a large gap between active and passive vocabulary. The relevance of the brought up subject emphasizes the need to develop innovative means of correctional and developmental work with children of this category. The purpose of the article is to determine the means of alternative communication for the development of the vocabulary of primary school students with severe and multiple developmental disorders. We discussed and identified more effective means of alternative communication. We also analyzed how to use PECS cards and the Makaton system for the development of the vocabulary of primary school children with severe and multiple developmental disabilities.