Application of Information Technologies in Correctional Developmental Work with Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Foreign Experience

У статті проаналізовано концептуальні засади зарубіжного досвіду щодо добору, розробки й застосування мультимедійних програмних засобів для розвитку дітей з особливими освітніми потребами. Мета статті полягає у вивченні можливостей застосування ІТ у корекційно-розвитковій роботі з дітьми з інтелектуальними порушеннями в умовах інклюзивної освіти різних країн. Ґрунтовний аналіз зарубіжного досвіду щодо використання ІТ у корекційно-розвитковій роботі з молодшими школярами з інтелектуальними порушеннями дозволив виявити низку тенденцій, спільних для освіти більшості країн і вагомих для розвитку освіти в Україні.Introduction. The article analyzes conceptual foundations of foreign experience in the selection, development and application of multimedia software for the development of children with special educational needs. Analysis of relevant research. It has been identified that active means of providing access to the USA educational services and their quality is legislated specifically for IT, which has been widely used in the practice of teaching children with special educational needs over the years. It is established that they help in part, and sometimes, even able to compensate for the disadvantages of the development of children, facilitate their socialization, which is of particular relevance in the conditions of inclusion of children of a certain category in the comprehensive school. Aim of the Study. The purpose of the article is to explore the possibilities of applying IT in correctional-developmental work with children with intellectual disabilities in the conditions of inclusive education in different countries. The stated purpose of the study led to the choice of research methods: structurallogical and functional analysis, which contributed to the study of methodological support and features of the use of information technology in inclusive education of children with special needs in different countries; systems-structural and comparative analysis made it possible to summarize and find out the common factors of informatization of inclusive education abroad, important for further search. Results. An extensive system of development and implementation of computer programs for correctional-developmental classes with junior pupils with intellectual disabilities in the Western countries is considered. Significant in the context of the initial research are the works of Certec Swedish University, which is aimed at correctional and developmental education of children with special needs, and at the same time with intellectual disabilities. Conclusions. A thorough analysis of foreign experience in the usage of IT in correctional-developmental work with junior pupils with intellectual disabilities has revealed a number of trends common to the education of most countries and significant for the development of education in Ukraine