Health Protection in the Education of Studen with Disabilities: Principles and Organization

Abstract

The paper presents results of the analysis of empirical research of health-protecting environment in 40 Russian educational organizations for children with disabilities: special (correctional) schools (N=22), schools with an inclusive model of separate classes for students with disabilities (N=8) and schools with joint education of students with and without disabilities (N=10) . Complex multifactor monitoring and analysis of websites of these educational organizations were used as research methods, which allowed us to build a mathematical model of health-protecting environment for each type of educational organization, differing in its structure and content, as well as to establish a hierarchy of such psychological and pedagogical components as “spatial organization”, “learning activity”, “correctional assistance”, “professional activity” to identify the formula of “ideal educational organization” for children with disabilities . The paper provides evidence that the components of health-protecting environment do not exist in isolation from each other, but rather have a common cumulative effect, thanks to which the school management can act effectively and realize the school’s pedagogical potential .