PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE METHOD OF RESPIRATORY CLIMATOTHERAPY IN A CHILDREN’S HEALTH CAMP

Abstract

Improving the health of children and adolescents is one of the priority tasks of modern Russian society. In this context, a summer camp should be considered not only as a place of recreation, but also as a special educational environment that supports healthy behavior. The objective of the study is to identify pedagogical conditions that increase the effectiveness of climatic factors in the health improvement and development of children and adolescents aged 6-17 staying at a seaside summer camp. The author’s method of respiratory climatotherapy is interpreted and implemented as a pedagogical technology aimed at coordinating mental and physical processes, developing self-regulation, increasing emotional tone, improving external respiration indicators, and forming motivation for healthy behavior. The method is based on the technology of musical psychoregulation of breathing, including breathing, vocal, speech and movement exercises in the fresh air, combined with elements of psychological relaxation, massage and age-appropriate educational support. All health-improving and educational components were integrated into a single functional complex presented as a musical and ecological program entitled “Nine Wonders of Albena.” The study is conducted in the children’s health camp “Dnepr” in 1998 and involved 434 children of both sexes aged 6 to 17. The implementation of the program improved external respiration indicators and contributed to the formation of healthy behavior skills, self-regulation and sustained involvement in health-improving activities. A complex pedagogical methodology has been developed that integrates climatotherapy (thalassotherapy), imagotherapy, breathing exercises, breathing simulators and self-testing of external respiration function into a unified health-forming educational environment. The developed method can be used in children’s health camps and in rehabilitation programs for children at seaside resorts.