PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY FEATURES OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT DURING ADAPTATION PERIOD OF CADETS OF THE FIRST CLASS IN THE SUVOROV MILITARY SCHOOL

The author considers important professional activity aspects of the psychologist during the adaptation of cadets at the time of their initial period and analyses distinctive individual, psychological and personal features of the cadets entering the Suvorov Military School. Individual, psychological and personal features of the students who enter Suvorov Military School are analyzed. The main problems of social and psychological adaptation emerging at the initial period of cadets during the study process are revealed. The main directions of psychological support are emphasized which include the following: psychological education, psychoprophylaxis, consultation, development work, diagnostics and expertise. Effectiveness criteria for psychological support system are defined according to which the program for pupils’ psychological support at the adaptation stage to conditions of Suvorov Military School was developed. The complex of diagnostic techniques is picked out: school anxiety questionnaire by Phillips, learning motivation methodology of the study by N.V. Luskanova, “Structure diagnostics for educational motivation of the school student” by M.V. Matyuhina, the study for adaptation degree (methodology developed by Aleksandrova), factor questionnaire by R.Kettel (FOKS – 2009), the mood map. The effectiveness of the program was approved by the positive dynamics of the parameters as a result of three-year study. The importance of psychologist work as the necessary element of system for educational process control at Suvorov Military School was approved. The system for psychological and pedagogical support at the initial period of education allows to solve development and teaching problems of cadets inside the educational environment of the institute and makes possible to improve quality of the education.