PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE "PSYCHOLOGY OF INTRACTABLE CHILDREN" COURSE IN THE ASPECT OF FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS’ TRAINING TO WORK WITH THE ADOLESCENTS PRONE TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR

Abstract

The article analyses the content of the cognitive component of the future
psychologists’ readiness to work with adolescents prone to deviant behaviour and considers
cognitive component’s indicators. It is revealed that the cognitive component of future
psychologists’ readiness to such work includes knowledge of basic concepts and theoretical
approaches to understanding deviant behaviour, knowledge of basic categories that characterize
the features of working with adolescent deviant behaviour, knowledge of forms and methods of
working with adolescent deviant behaviour in psychodiagnostic, preventive, consultative and
psychocorrectional aspects, knowledge of the means of work as a psychologist with adolescents
prone to deviant behaviour and self-assessment of the level of awareness about peculiarities of
working with adolescents prone to deviant behaviour.
The results of a study of the levels of future psychologists’ awareness about the problem of
deviant behaviour of adolescents are highlighted. Due to the fact that the level of development of
the cognitive component of the future psychologists’ readiness to work with adolescents prone to
deviant behaviour is insufficient to work effectively, the process of undergraduates’ training in
higher education institutions needs to be improved. It is determined that one of the psychopedagogical conditions for the formation of future psychologists’ readiness to work in this area is
the gradual enrichment of the professional training content based on the integration of psychopedagogical potential of educational disciplines and special courses.
Based on the analysis of scientific works it is found that difficult upbringing in the modern
psychological literature is considered as a separate form of deviant behaviour. It is stated that
teaching of the discipline "Psychology of difficult children" has a significant psycho-pedagogical
potential in the process of forming the future psychologists’ readiness to work with adolescents
prone to deviant behaviour. According to the results of re-diagnostics of levels of future
psychologists’ awareness about the problem of adolescent deviant behaviour, the content of the
discipline expands students' knowledge of the main categories of deviant behaviour, acquaints with
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the basic forms and methods of work, develops skills of psychodiagnostic, preventive, consultative
and psychocorrectional work with adolescent deviant behaviour