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

Abstract

The current conditions of the war in the country, which correspond to difficult life circumstances in their effects and the changes in the political, social and economic spheres affect the deterioration of the financial position of families, the reduction of the educational potential of parents, which has led to a sharp increase in families in difficult life circumstances. Due to this, the importance of the professional activity of specialists who would provide assistance to vulnerable categories of persons increases significantly. Such activity is especially necessary and relevant for children from families in difficult life circumstances. Children are the most vulnerable group of the population, and the circumstances they fall into affect their condition and development. There is a need for their social and psychological protection and providing them with comprehensive support according to the needs and problems of such children. And this, in turn, requires accompanying children from families in difficult life circumstances. The article describes the peculiarities of social and pedagogical support for children and their families in difficult life circumstances. We have found out that a family that is in difficult life circumstances is a family that has lost educational opportunities due to the occurence of conditions that disrupt the normal life of one or more family members and cannot overcome the consequences independently. We have revealed the causes of difficult life circumstances, which include: social and economic; social and psychological. The article also determines the needs and problems of children from families in difficult life circumstances, their emotional states, as well as social and psychological adaptability. An effective technology of social and pedagogical support to children from families in difficult life circumstances is a social and pedagogical support. It was found out that social and pedagogical support is a type / technology of activity of a social care teacher with a child and a family who find themselves in difficult life circumstances, the consequences of which they cannot overcome by their own efforts, which is manifested in a complex system of family support. The article highlightes the signs of social and pedagogical support, and reveals the purpose, tasks and stages of its implementation with children from families in difficult life circumstances. We have defined and substantiated the conditions of effective social and pedagogical support of such children: providing comprehensive support, depending on the individual needs and resources of children and families.