On the issue of additional education for children with special healthcare needs and disabilities in the system of lifelong inclusive education

This article is devoted to one of the most important tasks in the education of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) and disabilities to ensure the access to additional learning in various fields: artistic education, natural science, social and pedagogical training, sports and cultural branch, tourist and regional studies, technical studies. The issues of creating special conditions (material, technical, organizational, personnel, curriculum and methodological ones) in institutions of additional education are considered. Two options for organizing additional education for children with special needs and disabilities are presented (in accordance with the criterion for the presence or absence of a conclusion of the Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Commission − PMPC). Unresolved issues in the field of additional education of children with developmental disorders are described