Implementation of the climate therapy methods in medical pedagogy: retrospective aspect

In the context of the formation and development of methods of therapeutic pedagogy, methods of climate therapy with their integrative essence are assigned a role related not only to treatment, but also to prevention, recovery, hardening of the child's body, rehabilitation, recreational activities, education of a sense of beauty, the development of resourcefulness, intelligence, honesty. A significant role in the origin and functioning of these methods is assigned to the medical and recreational institutions of the Republic of Crimea (Tavrichesky province), each of which, in its essence, was a unique creation of the early twentieth century. The empirical basis of the article is the analysis of archival documents of the Republic of Crimea (Tavrichesky province) and modern research. The purpose of the article is to reveal the specifics of the use of climate therapy methods in the context of therapeutic pedagogy in the conditions of children's health and medical institutions of the southern region of Russia at the beginning of the XX century. Research result: 1.The specifics of the use of climate therapy methods in the children's hospital of doctors L. Finkelstein and A. Yakubovsky, the resort of Dr. V. Lyapidus, climate colonies of the Southern coast of Crimea, playgrounds of Kerch and Simferopol are revealed. 2.The integrative nature of these methods, their non-drug orientation in the conditions of children's health-improving institutions in the southern region of Russia, their relationship with other educational methods of pedagogy and therapeutic pedagogy are shown. 3. The anthropological and humanistic orientation of the activity of doctors of that time who were able to productively integrate the therapeutic and educational process in a children's medical and health-improving institution is shown