PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL GROUNDS FOR THE EFFECTIVE FORMATION OF READINESS OF FUTURE SOCIAL WORK SPECIALISTS TO INTERACT WITH CITIZENS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN A DIFFICULT LIFE SITUATION

Abstract

The article touches upon an issue of forming readiness of future social work professionals to interact with citizens who find themselves in a difficult life situation. The social and pedagogical significance of this activity is being actualized. The scientific works characterizing pedagogical practices of forming readiness of future social work specialists to interact with socially vulnerable citizens are summarized. The developed solutions are summarized and the author’s ideas are formulated. The psychological and pedagogical grounds for the effective formation of the readiness of future social work specialists to interact with citizens who find themselves in a difficult life situation are proposed. They involve defining areas of work and formulating them as appropriate tasks, selecting methodological bases for activities, clarifying the content of the educational program and enriching it with specific topics, intensifying the educational process with active teaching methods and optimizing educational work that ensures the formation of students’ moral qualities. The psychological and pedagogical features of the activity under consideration are highlighted: the development of psychological qualities of empathy and empathy among students by means of active methods, the formation of communication and interaction skills among students in imitation games, assistance to students in mastering social technologies by means of educational excursions and projects. In conclusion, proposals are presented for the further development of this study within the framework of the organization of the experimental work of the author.