GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF PARENTS RAISING CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

Abstract

The article reveals the general characteristics of the psychological competence of parents of children with complex developmental disorders. Successful socialization of such children largely depends on family relationships, in particular on child-parent relationships, the optimality of which is influenced by the level of psychological competence of parents. This problem is considered through the prism of scientific approaches to the delimitation of competence and competence through issues of professional, psychological and parental competence. Components of psychological competence are psychological and pedagogical technology (a means of implementing practical activities, which is an algorithm using optimal methods, techniques, tools and actions aimed at obtaining the desired result); interactive cognitive activity (a form of mental activity of the individual aimed at knowing himself, his partner and child on the basis of reflection in the process of dialogical communication, resulting in the formation of the couple's own educational position, skills of effective interpersonal interaction, socio-perceptual and communicative skills); the level of education of parents (the system of creating a positive image of parenthood, which is a specially organized training on the basis of andragogy and creates opportunities for the acquisition of special knowledge, skills and abilities that are important in parenting); motivation of parents (their awareness of the content and importance of their competence by providing psychological support). Psychological competence of parents is characterized by a system of autopsychological knowledge about themselves as a person, mother or father, a certain attitude to the child and the spouse, adequate educational style, highly developed communication and perceptual skills, high level of responsibility, tolerance, tolerance, psychology, social, age, special, pathopsychology, system of effective and constructive activities based on psychological education.