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work, to prevent the spread of negative phenomena in We consider it necessary to acquaint future
the child and youth environment) (Kyrychenko & professionals in the social sphere who carry out
Kovganich, 2009, p. 9). Scientists have identified the preventive work with students, with the proposed model
following methodological tools that will allow to solve during the acquisition of the special course “Designing
effectively the problems of educational space social and educational environment”, which will
(Kyrychenko & Kovganich, 2009, pp. 10–11): enhance their professional competence in this direction.
reorganized councils of student self-government; special Given that negative effects such as aggression and
subjects or elective courses that promote self- bullying have become widespread in the student
development of the individual; an extensive network of environment, work to prevent child abuse is an
circles and clubs for the sake of pre-vocational training important area of social work to prevent students from
and vocational guidance; children's and youth non- maladjustment. Analysis of the results of the research of
governmental organizations. The use of the ideas of Panchenko (2013) allowed to identify in the content of
Kyrychenko and Kovganich (2009) in the professional social and pedagogical work of general secondary
training of future specialists in the social sphere made it education institutions and other social institutions three
possible to substantiate the need to form their types of prevention of child abuse: primary (informing
willingness to organize complex health-saving activities children and young people from prosperous families
at all levels of interaction of specialists in the about legal norms and real life situations regarding
environment of a certain social institution: in the context abuse); secondary (group work with children, parents of
of student self-government and social services, in terms “at-risk” families to build knowledge and life skills
of professional interaction with parents and students, in needed to protect against violence, as well as
terms of professional interaction with colleagues from establishments that assist victims of violence through
different social institutions and during scientific training, information, clarification, etc); tertiary (mainly
research. Analysis and generalization of the results of provided in shelters, specialized institutions for children
the research by Pykhtina and Novhorodskyi (2007, and young people, who are prone to risky behavior
p. 11) allowed to identify groups of children who are through consultations and peer and self-help groups).
prone to maladjustment: school-age children not The researcher (Panchenko, 2013, pp. 42–46) also
attending school; orphans; socially-orphaned children; singled out the features and suggested different forms
adolescents using drugs and toxic substances; and methods of preventive work with parents, children,
adolescents with sexually explicit behavior; teenage teachers and in the environment (lectures, parent
offenders. We consider it necessary to acquaint future universities, parental meetings, trainings, etc).
specialists in the social sphere with the above-mentioned Familiarization of future social pedagogues and social
classification of pupils in order to determine the features workers during the practice-oriented training on the
of preventive work with vulnerable categories of student basis of partnership with Higher Education Institutions
youth. network with the essence and peculiarities of work on
Among the important directions of early prevention of the prevention of abuse of children ensures the
social and pedagogical neglect of the child, the acquisition by future specialists of special professional
researchers identify the following (Pykhtina & competence in the specified direction while studying
Novhorodskyi, 2007, pp. 20–25): 1) humanization of the subjects such as “Technology of social and pedagogical
educational process through the introduction of work”, “Technology of social work abroad”, “Social and
innovative pedagogical technologies in the educational rehabilitation work in specialized institutions”.
environment developing healthy lifestyle values; Training of future specialists in higher education
expansion of leisure activities; creation and introduction institutions was studied by Melnyk and Pypenko (2018).
of technologies of early diagnostics of various forms of An analysis of the results of Predborskaja’s (2006, p. 15)
deviant behavior); 2) improving family relationships research showed that “contemporary changing reality
through outreach to parents, working with families at requires probabilistic thinking: the complication of
risk); 3) assisting the individual in self-improvement things requires the complication of mental structures,
and self-realization through preventive training and which, in turn, implies corresponding changes in the
education. content and methods of teaching”. Taking into account
Familiarization of future specialists in the social sphere the ideas of the researcher, in the process of professional
with the abovementioned conditions, which provide full training of future specialists in the social sphere to work
socialization and individualization of the child’s on the prevention of maladjustment of students during
personality, will allow to carry out preventive activities the mastering of the discipline “Ethnopedagogy” there
in the educational environment comprehensively and to were used innovative experience, new forms and
ensure the elimination of negative factors at different methods of social work with vulnerable contingents in
levels (personal, micro-environment and environment). order to develop in students probabilistic thinking and
To carry out prevention activities with students, the means to work in a changing world, to enable them
Pykhtina and Novhorodskyi (2007, pp. 170–171) to adapt professionally in their learning and professional
propose to use a model that combines four components development (Kostina, 2018b).
of the pedagogical model of prevention: 1) information; Analysis and synthesis of scientific studies on the
2) education; 3) an alternative that will allow us to form philosophy of education showed that among the
an adequate self-esteem and feel useful in society; problems of modern professional education, scientists
4) interventions (specialist consultations, helpline, peer see the low level of general methodological training of
coaching, creation of new communication groups, etc). future professionals and suggest introducing special
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