PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL READINESS OF FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR WORK IN THE SYSTEM OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

The paper deals with the research of psychological and pedagogical readiness of future psychologists for work in the system of inclusive education. The construction of the system of inclusive education in Ukraine requires appro-priate staffing for qualitative psychological support of children with special educational needs. The psychological and pedagogical readiness for the professional activity in the context of inclusive education is presented as an inte-grative phenomenon which includes motivational, cognitive, emotional and volitional components. The article re-veals the results of the empirical investigation of the level of personal and cognitive readiness of future psychologists for work in the system of inclusive education, the degree of maturity of emotional-volitional and motivational compo-nents of psychological and pedagogical readiness of future psychologists for the professional activity in the context of inclusive education. The necessity of purposeful preparation of psychologists for the professional activity in the system of inclusive education, special work on the formation of psychological and pedagogical readiness of future psychologists for psychological support and provision of psychological and pedagogical as well as correctional and developmental assistance to children with special educational needs is revealed.