CASE 4.

Career guidance of adolescents in their sociocultural development and modern technologies. Orientation professionnelle des adolescents dans leur développement socioculturel et les technologies modernes
10.1016/j.psfr.2021.03.002
2022

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According to K.M. Turchinsky, the level of professional stability of graduates of special (correctional) schools is much lower than the level of professional stability of graduates of vocational training schools. Along with the frequent change of profession, there is a frequent change of place of work (Watanabe, 1985, Rowe and Mauer, 1991, Wehrly, 1982). There are frequent cases when a graduate with a mental retardation changes their job every year. Research by K.M. Turchinsky reveals the features of the manifestation of professional interests of mentally retarded students in different periods of their education.

According to N.B. Migulina, career guidance work with mentally retarded students includes the following aspects: the formation of ideas about professions, the prospects for professional growth and skill, the rules for choosing a profession, the ability to adequately assess their personal capabilities in accordance with the requirements of the chosen profession, the formation of students’ ability to professional adaptation to modern socio-economic conditions, a conscientious attitude to work, the development of interest in work (Yip, 1990). All this contributes to the improvement of the process of professional and social self-determination of students with mental retardation. Thus, the career guidance of students with mental retardation (intellectual disabilities) should be continuous in view of continuity with labour training in a special (correctional) school and vocational training school, be open and oriented at the same time to the needs of the labour market and the individual needs of the student. It is only the initial stage in the system of measures for the social and labour adaptation of persons with mental retardation, on which depends the success of their integration in society (Marcionetti, 2014).