Formation of Students’ Tolerant Attitude to People with Special Needs

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of raising tolerance of younger schoolchildren to people with special educational needs. The analysis of the level of readiness of all members of the educational process for communication, co-stay, education with students with violations in development; specifics of educational influence on younger students on the formation of stable moral beliefs, cultivation of moral features and qualities, development of spirituality, appropriation of values which are essential and necessary in the context of the arrangement of the inclusive, and educational environment of the New Ukrainian School. The emphasis is placed on the need to include students without exception in various activities, organizing and conducting joint creative work, educational events and games for the purpose of disclosing the inner world of children, studying their peculiarities, and strengthening the children's friendship. It is emphasized that observance of a number of requirements can increase the efficiency of the process of raising tolerance towards children with special needs.