Formation of communication skills in primary schoolchildren with mild mental retardation in a boarding school

The article discusses the issues of studying and forming communication skills among junior schoolchildren with intellectual disabilities studying in special (correctional) schools; describes the specificity of communication of mentally retarded primary schoolchildren, the direction of correctional and pedagogical work on the formation of communication skills among students for successful socialization. Communication has been proven to play an important social role in the lives of children with mental retardation.