INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: WAYS OF CREATION

Abstract

In the article, the essence of such notions as “inclusive education”, “inclusive education environment”, “inclusive resource center”, “a person with special education needs” is disclosed; the main stages in inclusive education development and formation in the word practices are given; the legal framework for inclusive education in Ukraine is considered as well as conditions in terms of which a higher education institution obtains the inclusive status; considerable changes in the regulative -legal framework concerning inclusive education environment improvement at higher education institutions (HEI) in recent period are determined; focused on that a necessary precondition for efficient forming of inclusive environment at a HEI is improvement of theoretical and methodological foundation of inclusive education, raising the training level of the teaching personnel who are to work with persons with special education needs, their material, technical, digital, and methodological support.