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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.