PECULIARITIES OF PSYCHOLOGIST’S WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE SPHERE OF PUPILS WITH INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY

Abstract

. The subject of the article is devoted to the problem of studying the peculiarities of the psychologist’s work on the development of cognitive activity of pupils with cerebral palsy. The study is relevant, as the infantile cerebral palsy (ICP) is one of the most serious violations of the psychophysical development of children. It manifests in violations of motor functions of the central (brain) origin, speech apparatus, in the complication of the formation of individual mental functions and personality, as well as in the impairment of intelligen-ce. Cerebral palsy in most cases causes childhood disability. Motor infringements, their diagnosis, treatment and adaptation of the child to move and self-service are within the competence of phy-sicians and specialists in physical rehabilitation. It is very important for the psychologists to know about the motor characteristics and abilities of the child. The task of the psychologist is to find out the psychological characteristics of the child with cerebral palsy, espe-cially the features of intellectual development, the development of emotional and personality traits. attention ability ability to work step by step the instruction of an High therapist, a teacher and a doctor of the school. It is necessary to take into account the psychological readiness of a particular child to sys-tematic study. The results of the diagnostic work of a psychologist, a speech therapist, a pedagogical support of a class teacher and an edu-cator give an idea of a particular child, the ways of its immideate development and directions of correctional work.