Innovative technologies in teaching skating to children with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

The article deals with social support of children with mental retardation in the age of 7-14 years. The complex of questions on the use of verticalizer in teaching children with mental retardation to learn rollerskating, as well as for the purpose of organizing leisure activities of children is considered. Methodical peculiarities of the organization of classes of teaching children with health problems to roller-skate with the use of the author's device Verticalizer, importance and significance of such classes for physical and emotional development of children with mental retardation are considered. The article also describes the experience of work on the creation of a simulator for verticalization of children for teaching roller skating. In the course of research, the authors tested the created simulator, developed methodical instructions for work with the simulator and tested children practicing in it.