Psychological assistance to juveniles with deviant behaviour in the temporary detention center for juvenile offenders

Introduction. One of the forms of work with minors was the creation of temporary detention centers for juvenile offenders, these are closed-type educational institutions with the purpose to prevent juvenile neglect and delinquency. Materials and methods. Materials and methods were selected according to the tasks for each stage of psychological support: initial diagnostic, psycho-corrective, control-diagnostic. Control diagnostics was carried out according to four methods: "Silhouette", "Rose Bush", "Non-Existent Animal" and the definition of self-esteem and the level of claims by the method of T. Dembo - S. Ya. Rubinstein. Results and Discussion. The effect of the means used in the process of correctional development work is revealed. Self-esteem indices associated with all assessed qualities (intelligence, character, authority among peers, ability to do a lot with their hands, appearance, self-confidence) have reliably improved, which indicates the development of children’s reflexive attitudes towards themselves and, accordingly, bringing self-assessment to optimal values. Conclusions. Psycho-correctional work distributed meaningfully among three stages makes it possible to track the immediate dynamics of behaviour of problem juveniles and change the strategies of preventive influence accordingly.