Children with Special Educational Needs. Education during the Pandemic

Abstract

This article aims to draw the attention of managers, scientists, practitioners of special and inclusive educational institutions, parents, representatives of public organizations to the problems of education in crisis situations, long-term quarantine of the most vulnerable population of any country, namely children with special educational needs, including those with disabilities. The general aspects of reforming and shifting in the field of education are briefly characterized; the range of problematic issues concerning the organizational, content and methodological aspects of ensuring the functioning of an effective system of distance learning for such children is outlined. At the same time, an important role is given to providing organizational and content methodological aspects of psychological-pedagogical and correctional-developmental support of children with special educational needs in distance learning, and attention is paid to strengthening the role of family taking into account home environment and health preserving, security and pedagogical regime. The article also provides data on the latest educational and methodological developments and on specific steps to ensure the effective implementation of distance learning. Finally, the paper outlines a range of problematic issues and proposes a number of measures to optimize this process.