Development of methodological competencies of teachers working with children with special educational needs in the additional professional education system

The general educational organization is a multi-faceted social system, the development of which is determined by the development of the personnel. The selected construct is important in the conditions of the pedagogical staff’s aging. Accordingly, the current situation requires new approaches to the continuous development of teachers’ professional competencies. It is noted that people who have certain psychological and pedagogical, methodical and technological competencies should work at school with children with special educational needs. The acquirement of these competencies is carried out in the framework of formal, non-formal and informal education. The attention is focused on the fact that additional professional programs have great potential for the development of methodological competencies of teachers working with children with special educational needs. The technological aspects of these kinds of programs’ development and implementation are considered. It is noted that the essential aspect is the feasibility of implementing this kind of program for school teams, when, in the course of the acquirement of the content of the program, teachers coordinate the goals and objectives of teaching and upbringing children with special educational needs.