OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Authors: Kuzenko O. H. , Petryk O. M. , Tymoshchuk O. V. , Vaida O. V. , Yaniv O. V. , Golod N. R. , Kitayhorodskaya O. M. 
Published: July 2023

In the context of solving the tasks of inclusive education, the competencies of physical therapists and occupational therapists, defined by the Standard of Higher Education of the second (master's) level of higher education in the field of knowledge 22 Health care, specialty 227 Physical therapy, occupational therapy, in particular effective cooperation with all members of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team and other health, education and social policy professionals involved in providing services to patients/clients.

The purpose of the research is to reveal the content and tasks of physical therapy, occupational therapy in an inclusive educational space. In order to achieve the set goal, the following research tasks must be solved: to reveal the state of scientific study of the problem of using methods of physical therapy, occupational therapy in inclusive education; to analyze the task of the team of psychological and pedagogical support of a child with special educational needs; determine the types of health-preserving technologies in educational institutions with an inclusive form of education; to analyze the content, forms and methods of adaptive physical education in an inclusive educational space.

Conclusions:

The introduction of an inclusive form of education in Ukraine significantly actualized the need for the use of occupational therapy and physical therapy in corrective and developmental assistance for children with disabilities of different age and nosological groups. At the same time, the support of children with special educational needs in the implementation of the tasks of the individual development program by a multidisciplinary team of specialists in an inclusive educational space has become an important direction of ensuring their special educational needs.

The use of various types of health-preserving technologies is an important condition for the effective functioning of inclusive education. In order to preserve, strengthen and increase the physical, mental and social health of pupils of inclusive groups of special education, such main groups of health-preserving technologies are used as: organizational-pedagogical, psychological-pedagogical and educational-educational. Organizational and pedagogical ones are used to determine the structure of the educational process, which is able to prevent overwork, hypodynamia, etc.

Among the types of health-preserving technologies that are used in the inclusive educational space of primary schools, it is appropriate to single out: physical culture and health, medical and preventive technologies, and technologies for ensuring optimal mental and social health of preschoolers.

The effectiveness of the introduction of AFV in the work with pupils of special educational institutions who have normative development and their peers with special needs of different nosological groups depends on ensuring an optimally favorable, barrier-free educational environment in special educational institutions. The results of AFV directly depend on taking into account and realizing the potential opportunities and needs of each child, individual characteristics, preservation and strengthening of his health. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account that regardless of the psychophysical development of preschoolers and their state of health, each of them has resource opportunities, the use of which can positively affect the quality of life.