Keyword: «time standards»

The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the problem of the formation of temporal representations in children with mental retardation. The authors suggest that the effective formation of temporal representations is conditioned by a number of psychological and pedagogical conditions and occurs through the activation of forecasting skills, through the knowledge of time standards, natural phenomena and social events. The importance of an interdisciplinary approach in the process of correctional and developmental work is emphasized. Special attention is paid to substantiating the concept of «feeling of time», which acts as a personality quality that provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the time parameters of one's own activity. The methodological basis of the study was modern psychological, pedagogical and neuropsychological approaches, and the principles of correction of higher mental functions in children with mental retardation.