Diagnosis of the Formation of Grammatical Aspects of Speech in Preschool Age

The article theoretically substantiates and experimentally verifies the validity of the developed diagnostics by the method of contrast groups. The relevance of such a study is determined by the lack of development of the problem of diagnosing grammatical aspects of speech in preschool age for Slavic (inflected by nature) languages. It is proved that for a preschool child in the first stages there is no speech activity separately from the subject, so the object of its orientation is not speech activity, but a single semantic whole, an event that is presented in a sentence (sometimes a phrase, discourse). In the following stages, the child's attitude to speech reality changes. This reality is already special, different from the subject. For all stages of speech and speech development of the child is typical limited and unstable nature of orientation to certain aspects of linguistic reality, when the pre-schooler focuses on either the semantic or formal side of speech. At the end of the senior preschool age, gender differences in children's use of adjectives are the most significant. The reason for the active use in speech of adjectives by girls we see both in the psychological characteristics and gender guidelines of adults around them (active use of nouns and adjectives with hypocritical-diminutive suffixes).

Reflections and Analysis to Improve Clinical Practice: a Student Music Therapist's Journey with a Preschool Child with Special Needs

<p>This qualitative study critically examines the researcher' music therapy clinical practice with a preschool child with global developmental delay. The researcher/student music therapist critically examined and refined her clinical practice using an action research model. Each cycle consisted of a plan, action, data collection, reflection, and analysis. The researcher was the main participant. The child, his mother and a speech language therapist were co-participants with different roles. The child and his mother participated in the sessions. The speech-language therapist observed three sessions through a window. Feedback from the child' mother and the speech-language therapist contributed to the reflective data. Important issues that developed through the cycles related to early intervention techniques (having fun, being playful and spontaneous, and being in close proximity). Other important issues that developed were, the use of the voice and guitar; confidence; professionalism with parents and other health professionals; self-awareness; and the understanding of early childhood development (especially in the area of communication). Related literature on aspects of music therapy practice, music therapy in early intervention, music therapy and communication, and action research are described. These results cannot be generalised. However, they may firstly, illustrate relevant trends in early intervention, and secondly, enable the researcher to adapt skills learnt to use in future practice in early intervention.</p>

Reflections and Analysis to Improve Clinical Practice: a Student Music Therapist's Journey with a Preschool Child with Special Needs

<p>This qualitative study critically examines the researcher' music therapy clinical practice with a preschool child with global developmental delay. The researcher/student music therapist critically examined and refined her clinical practice using an action research model. Each cycle consisted of a plan, action, data collection, reflection, and analysis. The researcher was the main participant. The child, his mother and a speech language therapist were co-participants with different roles. The child and his mother participated in the sessions. The speech-language therapist observed three sessions through a window. Feedback from the child' mother and the speech-language therapist contributed to the reflective data. Important issues that developed through the cycles related to early intervention techniques (having fun, being playful and spontaneous, and being in close proximity). Other important issues that developed were, the use of the voice and guitar; confidence; professionalism with parents and other health professionals; self-awareness; and the understanding of early childhood development (especially in the area of communication). Related literature on aspects of music therapy practice, music therapy in early intervention, music therapy and communication, and action research are described. These results cannot be generalised. However, they may firstly, illustrate relevant trends in early intervention, and secondly, enable the researcher to adapt skills learnt to use in future practice in early intervention.</p>

Supporting the development of children with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities in a special kindergarten – a practical approach

The aim of this article is to characterize the cognitive development of a preschool child on the basis of selected theoretical concepts in relation to moderate and severe intellectual disability. These considerations will serve as a guideline for further theoretical analyses and practical activities supporting the development of children with intellectual disabilities. From a biological perspective, intellectual disability is a typical medical problem. In the developmental context, it means “a failure in the process of development” (Kościelska 1995; Speck, 2015). I assume that the determinant for planning and implementing the content, forms and methods of teaching in special kindergarten should be the level of cognitive development of each child. In the study I refer to selected concepts of development in the terms of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky, which, as I assume, can be a field for analysis of the development of children who require multi-profile support.

STUDYING IDEAS OF SENIOR PRESCHOOLERS ABOUT THEIR PARENTS

Statement of the problem. The authors of this paper study the ideas of children of senior preschool age about their parents. Currently, the phenomenon of modern parenthood is actively discussed in the scientific literature, including the specifics of parents’ attitude to their underaged children and the image of parenthood in the representations of modern mothers and fathers. At the same time, there are practically no studies characterizing the image of a parent in the representations of children. The purpose of the article is to characterize the ideas of children of senior preschool age about their parents. The methodology of the research consists of the scientific ideas of A. Adler, M. O. Ermikhina about the importance of studying a child’s ideas about parents as a factor in the formation of its attitude to oneself and relationships with others; a systematic approach in the study of the family (A. Ya. Varga); the research of A. Adler, J. Bowlby and Russian scientists L. I. Bozhovich, N. V. Varayeva, L. S. Vygotsky, I. V. Dubrovina, T. V. Leus, and V. S. Mukhina regarding the influence of the image of father and mother formed in child’s ideas on the nature of its relationships with people around it and its social functioning throughout life. The study involved children of senior preschool age who are brought up in two-parent families. The main research method was content analysis of textual information obtained through an associative experiment. To identify an unconscious, automated level of representation of the image of father and mother by children of senior preschool age, as well as features of their relationships with parents, the “Incomplete sentences” method was used. Research results. The results of the study of the ideas of senior preschoolers about their parents are described. It is established that the ideas of senior preschool children about their parents are generally characterized by an emotionally positive attitude towards their father and mother. Children’s expectations from their parents are associated with participation of parents in joint activities with them (games, walks), as well as with manifestation of positive emotions and feelings by parents. At the same time, in the associations of children, there is practically no experience of interaction with parents against the background of the leading type of activity of a preschool child – games. The fears of children associated with their parents are characterized by the fear of emotional rejection by parents. Conclusion. Based on the presented description of the ideas of senior preschool children about their parents, the authors of this article propose and justify a system of psychological and pedagogical work with parents, which involves: informing them about the influence of child-parent relations on the mental and personal development of a preschool child; forming their position of emotional acceptance in relation to a child; teaching them effective ways of interacting with a child based on the leading type of children’s activity – games. The main content of this work is psychological education, as well as individual and group counseling of parents.

Some questions of the process of forming emotions in children of preschool age

The paper analyzes the current state of the emotional development of children of preschool age within the framework of national studies. Emotional growth is considered to be a significant regulator of the most important life functions and a factor in the formation of a complex system of emotional attitude of a preschool child. On the basis of theoretical generalizations of various research positions three interrelated areas of emotional development during the preschool years were identified: emotional expressiveness, emotional regulation of behavior and communication, the development of social emotions. Key words: emotional sphere, emotional development of preschoolers; directions of emotional development; model of emotional development

THE ROLE OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN CHILDREN'S LIVES

The article is devoted to modern problems of education of preschool children. The authors describe the educational environment, its psychological safety and parental attitudes, which play an important role in the development of preschool children. Stages and features of development of preschool children, signs of psychological crises in children are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the orientation of the child's upbringing in the family and defines such important conditions for the psychological safety of preschoolers as friendship, trust, attention and respect, psychological support, concern for the safety of each member of the team and a humanistic approach to the upbringing of the child's personality. Based on the above, recommendations for the education of a modern preschool child are formulated.

SELF-ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN OF PRESCHOOL AGE IN OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

The report theoretically clarifies the pedagogical grounds for the formation of self-esteem in the activities of choice, as a form of self-realization of the preschool child. Considering the sensitivity of the preschool period and the importance of self-esteem for personal affirmation, the possibilities of this form of selfexpression for the formation of six of the vital components of self-assessment are substantiated: physical safety, emotional security, identity, belonging, competence, mission (B. Youngs). The complex, integrative and dynamic nature of self-assessment is reason to look for opportunities to form a healthy self-assessment in the preschool child, encouraging its formation and manifestation in the educational process of kindergarten. In addition to the main forms of pedagogical interaction, the activities of their own choice, as a form of free and autonomous expression of children’s personal experience, provide opportunities for objectification of children’s self-assessment.