Keyword: «teaching students with disabilities»

In the context of digitalization of society, a comprehensive school faces new challenges, a school that gives a start in life to students with disabilities. Currently, teachers should be ready to provide pedagogical support to their students in mastering new and rapidly updating technologies. Pedagogics should be ready to keep up with the times to solve the problems of socialization of students with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to comprehensively consider the current state of readiness of teachers for socialization of students with disabilities in the context of digitalization of society. The work includes a survey to study the digital competence of teachers, without which it is impossible to solve the tasks of socialization at a decent level. The teacher should be psychologically prepared, have appropriate knowledge in the field of digital technologies, have the skills to use them in practice. Due to the absence of a special subject for the study of digital technologies at school, the solution of socialization problems in the conditions of digitalization of society is seen through the introduction of digital technologies into lessons in various subjects, correctional and developmental classes and educational practice, explaining their significance and opportunities. As a result of the study, the specific features of teachers' motivation to use digital technologies in their professional activities are defined, the value-meaning foundations of their activities in this direction are analyzed and the characteristics of teachers' functional readiness are highlighted. The article defines vectors and ways of teachers’ professional improvement in terms of the introduction of students with disabilities into the modern world, where digital technologies are important tools. The theoretical significance of the article lies in the fact that for the first time an analysis of the readiness of teachers for the socialization of students with disabilities in the conditions of digitalization of society has been made. The article will be useful for teachers working with children with disabilities, developers of advanced training courses, scientists conducting research in the field of teachers’ professional development.