To the problem of education of adolescents at risk in a public association in the process of pedagogical counseling

Abstract

Nowadays the number of adolescents making up the category of risk group is increasing. These children have a low level of moral qualities, low motivation to achieve, in addition, they are characterized by a low level of formation of communicative-reflective skills, and, accordingly, are not adapted to the realities of modern life. In this connection, it is necessary to search for new modern approaches, institutions of socialization, leveling the quantitative composition of children in this category. Great educational potential for overcoming the existing problems lies in public associations, in particular, in the developed system of pedagogical counseling. The purpose of the article is a description of various approaches to the interpretation of the definition of “adolescents at risk”, the problem of educating adolescents at risk, the author’s view on the problem of educating adolescents at risk in the process of pedagogical counseling in a public association. The methodological basis of the study was the works of various authors in the field of interpretation of the concept of “adolescents at risk”, scientific papers substantiating the educational potential of public associations, retrospective and comparative analysis of regulatory documents and scientific works, the results of pedagogical activity. The definition “adolescents at risk” is substantiated from various points of view; from the author’s position, the possibilities of educating adolescents at risk are possible in the process of pedagogical counseling in a public association. The approaches outlined in the article may be useful to specialists in the field of education, social protection, youth policy working with difficult adolescents and public associations.