SOCIAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT OF CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES IN DIFFICULT LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the essence and analyse the content of social and pedagogical support for high school students of general secondary education institutions. The results of a study held on the basis of the Hero of Ukraine Andrii Korchak Secondary School of Stryi of I-III grades No. 2 were described. During the study, it was revealed that the national and patriotic upbringing is a significant component of the educational process of a general secondary education institution. It is established that social and pedagogical support for the national and patriotic upbringing of high school students is provided by the specialists of social and psychological service of the school. Their efforts are aimed at creating pedagogical, social, and psychological conditions for the effective and efficient national and patriotic upbringing of schoolchildren. The main tasks of the social and psychological service employees of the general secondary institutions (GSI) were prescribed in a regulatory manner, however, the selection of content, organizational forms, and methods of working with high school students are variable. It is determined both by the results of diagnostic studies, the individual situation of high school students' development, and objective socio-pedagogical conditions. The content of social and pedagogical support for the national and patriotic upbringing of high school students was studied and described, which is implemented at several levels: at the GSI level; at the level of a team of peers: creating a social and pedagogical environment that would be as favourable as possible for the national and patriotic upbringing of high school students; at the individual level. It is proved that the work of a social teacher becomes more effective due to cooperation with a psychologist, teaching staff, parents, administration of an educational institution and specialists from different social services, legal and medical institutions, etc. This interaction makes it possible to implement an integrated approach to social and pedagogical support of national and patriotic upbringing of young students in the modern conditions.