USING OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION NAMES IN EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS 016.01 – SPEECH THERAPY OF THE FIRST (BACHELOR'S) HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL
Authors:   Бердянський державний педагогічний університет, MYTSYK H. , PRYSHLIAK M. ,   Енергодарський інститут державного та муніципального управління ім. Р.Г.Хеноха «Класичного приватного університету»
Published: November 2021

The practice of using the professional qualifications names which are awarded to higher education applicants is examined in the article based on the analysis of educational and professional programs of specialty 016 Special education with specialization 016.01 – speech therapy of the first (bachelor’s) higher education level of some higher educational institutions. It is noted that the availability of recommended list of professional qualifications of the specializations which are established of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in the Standard of higher education of Ukraine of the first (bachelor’s) higher education level of specialty 016 Special education is a more important issue and therefore requires the attention of scientists. It is found out that questions of using professional qualifications names in educational and professional programs of specialty 016.01 Special education (Speech therapy) are solved differently. Mostly in such programs, direction to assigning to higher education applicants, who have successfully completed it, the professional qualification of «speech therapist», to a lesser extent – «teacher-speech therapist assistant» is observed. It is stated that not one of directories of the qualification characteristics workers’ professions operating in Ukraine does not contain the qualification characteristics of a speech therapist and the requirements for the educational degree of the employee required to hold the position of a speech therapist have not concretized enough. The absence of qualification characteristics of a speech therapist to a certain extent causes problems in determining the list of main jobs that are inherent to this position (profession). Taking into account the level of complexity of the problems which to be solved by a speech therapist and teacher-speech therapist assistants in professional activity, the idea was proposed of orienting educational and professional programs of specialty 016 Special education with specialization 016.01 – speech therapy of the first (bachelor’s) higher education level for preparation only speech therapists awarding its graduates the professional qualification of «speech therapist». In turn, the preparation of teacher-speech therapist assistants should be carried out according to the educational and professional programs of the initial level (short cycle) of higher pedagogical education. Of point of view the existing close connection between a teacher-speech therapist and a speech therapist, it is proposed to reconsider the qualification requirements for the primary position of teacher-speech therapist, providing the possibility of its occupation by persons with a bachelor’s degree. Key words: educational and professional program, educational qualification, professional qualification, speech therapist, assistant teacher-speech therapist.