Keyword: «special educational institutions»

In the context of the crisis of modern society and changes in moral values, there is an increase in juvenile delinquency. The Republican Special Secondary School (RSOSH), established in 2002 under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Science, is a unique closed educational institution focused on the rehabilitation of minors who have committed socially dangerous acts.

The paper considers certain aspects of the preventive work of special educational institutions with minors who had behavioral abnormalities. The author shows a picture of the modernization of the system of special education and upbringing in the 90s of the twentieth century. The results of the study characterize the place and role of special educational institutions in the system of subjects of prevention of behavioral deviations among the adolescent and youth population, as well as the process of development of their activities in a difficult socio-economic environment caused by the transition of the state to market relations.