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maladjustment of pupils, professional outlook), educational and social assistance institutions with
affective-conative (features of temperament and will, students who are prone to maladjustment. The data
personal qualities needed to work with vulnerable obtained allowed us to determine that most specialists
contingents), cognitive-instrumental (general (70.2%) noted that during work with vulnerable
pedagogical potential, social intelligence; knowledge contingents (maladjusted pupils, their parents or those
of the organization of socio-pedagogical and social who replace them) have many difficulties, and teachers
activities for the prevention of maladjustment of pupils and educators of such children need help, they often
in various social institutions; knowledge of the (65.0%) are not fully prepared for the organization of
technological basis for the prevention of maladjustment the social-educational environment for such children,
of pupils) and professional activity-based (professional and most specialists have a desire to take the necessary
knowledge and skills for the prevention of training course (70.2%), which confirmed the need to
maladjustment of pupils; experience of social- improve the efficiency of the process of training future
pedagogical and social preventive work). On this basis, social pedagogues and social workers in implementing
four levels of formation of the readiness of future prevention of maladjustment of pupils.
social pedagogues and social workers to prevent When asked a question “Please assess your own
maladjustment of pupils were identified (Kostina, readiness to create a social and educational
2017, pp. 13-16): insufficient, primary, professionally- environment for maladjusted pupils in the social
qualified, professionally-specialized. The institution where you work”, the majority of
determination of these levels is given in Table 1 and respondents (52.6%) answered that they were half
the control and experimental groups are selected. ready for the corresponding professional job, while
In the fourth stage (2013-2017), the forming and others (47.4%) showed even less readiness for this type
control parts of the experiment were conducted. During of activity. And the question “about the importance of
this period, a system of professional training for the implementing comprehensive preventive activities”
prevention of maladjustment of pupils was introduced 37.0% of respondents answered affirmatively. To the
into the process of professional education of future question “Would you like to pass the special course
social pedagogues and social workers. The formative “Prevention of maladjustment of pupils in various
stage of the experiment was carried out on the basis of social institutions”, 61.4% answered – yes, will do so
the H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical with pleasure; 26.3% - yes, if my superiors will give
University. me an opportunity, which confirms the need for
Students of specialties “Social pedagogy” and “Social professional training of specialists to the appropriate
work” took part in it. Among the methods of research type of activity.
at this stage, the pedagogical experiment, for which the In order to conduct a pedagogical experiment on
scientific and methodical tools developed during the checking the hypothesis in relation to determining the
course of work were used, as well as the diagnostic effectiveness of the developed system of professional
methods by which the diagnostics and analysis of the training of future specialists in the social sphere for the
formation of readiness of future social pedagogues and prevention of maladjustment of pupils, we conducted a
social workers were carried out, was determined to be qualitative part of the study, during which we ran
the the main one. diagnostics against a contingent of students - future
Among the theoretical methods used at this stage of the specialists of the social sphere, of the H. S. Skovoroda
study were analysis, grouping, synthesis, comparison, Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kryvyi Rih
induction, deduction. The statistical analysis of the State Pedagogical University, A. S. Makarenko Sumy
results of the study was based on the non-parametric State Pedagogical University, and we also selected the
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Pirson’s criterion χ . contingent of participants in the experiment (control
The probability and validity of experimental data was and experimental groups), which at the beginning of
provided through the use of standardized techniques the formative stage of the experimental study almost
and the organization of the experiment in the real did not differ according to the criteria and indices of
educational process of educational institutions and the research, as defined in Table 1.
social assistance institutions of the partner network of According to Karpenko (2007, p. 206), based on the
higher educational establishments. content of the State Standard in the field of social
During the fifth stage (2017-2018), the processing and work, “the process of professional development
analysis of the results of the pedagogical experiment includes five stages: 1) introduction (the formation of
with the wording on this basis of relevant conclusions personal intentions, the conscious choice of the
was carried out, the dissertation work was completed profession, taking into account psychological
and the prospects for further research of the problem of peculiarities); 2) professional training (formation of
training of future specialists of the social sphere for professional orientation of the system of knowledge,
prevention of maladjustment of pupils were skills and abilities, mastering the experience of solving
determined. Among the main methods used at this professional problems and situations); 3) professional
stage were comparison, analysis, grouping, synthesis, adaptation (conscious admission to the profession,
deduction, induction. mastering the new social role, professional self-
determination, mastering the experience of independent
Results performance of professional activities in different
During the pilot part of the study, we conducted an oral directions and needs of the social sphere);
and written survey of social specialists working in

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