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Ivailo PETROV

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AT SOMATOPEDIC INSTITUTIONS

Some common and some specific problems of children with somatic disorders are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the effect of different disease on the psychological development of these children: delay in speech acquisition, development of thinking as a process and it’s effect on school training, etc. The author presents his ideas for co-operation of family and school activities in the process of overcoming the delay in intellectual development of children with somatic disorders. The principal general targets for this purpose are suggested and compared with those of healthy children. Some specific targets are described. The pedagogical effect on intellectual development of these children at special institutions is reviewed in brief.