Pedagogical foundations of adapting students with disabilities in inclusive environment

modern educational space, despite its declared inclusivity, often turns out to be insufficiently adapted to the needs of students with disabilities. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to develop and test the author's program, aimed at the social adaptation of students. The program represents a comprehensive approach, including the development of a specialized educational platform, the organization of training for teachers and students, as well as the formation of inclusive communities. In the course of the study, qualitative (in-depth interviews with students with disabilities, teachers and university administration, focus groups with peer students) and quantitative methods (questionnaires of students with disabilities and their peers, surveys of teachers, analysis of data on the academic performance of students with LHO over the last 3 years) were used. The study involved 153 students from three universities in Kazan. The conducted research confirmed the hypothesis about the effectiveness of using the developed program. The greatest progress was noted in groups with an initially low level of social adaptation. The developed program can be used by universities as a model for creating an inclusive educational environment.

pedagogical research, higher education, innovations in education, inclusive education, student adaptation