The growing number of children with disabilities studying in various institutional settings has made
it necessary to analyze educational programs for special needs teachers in terms of their relevance.
In the field of special psychology and correctional pedagogy, traditional specializations (speechlanguage
therapy, oligophrenopedagogy, surdopedagogy) cannot adequately meet society’s needs
for psychological and pedagogical support for all types of students with mental and physical health
disorders. The authors identified general trends in the training of special education teachers while
studying educational programs for bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education offered by
higher education institutions under the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. Persons
with disabilities, whose education and psycho-pedagogical assistance are not given by professional
workers, were identified. The factors that influence the development of new educational programs,
as well as their validity and importance for providing correctional and pedagogical aid to students
with special educational needs, are investigated.
Keyword(s) : special education
Learning effectiveness and evaluation technology in schools for hearing-impaired children
The modern system of special education in the Republic of Kazakhstan is undergoing significant
changes. Following the global practice of ensuring equal access to education, schools for hearing
impaired children are switching to updated curricula, the topics and requirements of which are
equivalent to those of ordinary schools. The successful learning of deaf and hearing-impaired children
requires qualitative changes in the forms and methods of pedagogical influence on students.
However, to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning process by traditional methods in this case is
difficult, since it is necessary to implement a correction component in the new environment. This
article shows the concept of learning effectiveness within a school for hearing-impaired children. It
identifies a number of qualitative indicators that affect the learning process of children with special
educational needs, including the need to use modern information technologies. The paper proposes
a developed mathematical model for evaluating pedagogical efficiency in a special school, describes
the technology of its application and testing results to confirm the functionality.