MEANINGFUL COMPONENT OF FORMING LEGAL COMPETENCE AMONG FUTURE SPECIALISTS OF THE SOCIAL WORK

Abstract

Autism or autism spectrum disorder (PCA) has been defined as a neurological disorder characterized by a number of symptoms, including deficits in social interaction, repetitive behavior and stereotyped thinking, cognitive interests, motor activity, and imitation. The complexity of the diagnosis and the difficulty of social adaptation of children with RSA become a heavy burden for the child's environment, especially family members. Such a situation can be explained by the social environment and the family members' own reactions to ritual behavior, the specifics of psychological processes, the child's social isolation, which can manifest itself in negative directives (condemnation, contempt, avoidance) and neutral or positive reactions (sympathy, pity). In many cases, through chains of associations, social instructions are transmitted from the child to his immediate environment, especially to parents, as people who closely interact with the carrier of the disorder, in this case – autistic children ("associated stigma"). Or receiving instructions from family members about their relationship with the social environment ("self-stigmatization"). This course of events determines the quality of family life and the degree of its socialization, which is expressed in the mobility and mobility of family members, their participation in social life, the specificity of relationships within the family, the status of parents and society, psychological and emotional health and family happiness. In the Ukrainian scientific discourse on social work, there are only isolated studies that highlight the specific problems of patients with RSA and the needs of families who support them. The domestic scientific union considers this issue more in the discourse of psychology, psychiatry and pedagogy than in the context of social interventions, which involve researchers focusing on the peculiarities of the mental activity of people with autism, interpersonal relationships in the family, details of the process of learning children with autism, but ignoring the social and family well-being. The analysis of the methods of psychotherapeutic interaction with autistic children and their families showed that special attention should be paid to balancing the adaptation needs of the family with its capabilities and resources. In the context of adaptive socialization, the role of social work focuses on providing social support to families raising children with autism at the micro (individual and family) and macro (society) levels. It focuses on maintaining family resilience by empowering each member and family to be included in the social process.