Psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the student: recommendations for compiling

Almost every psychologist working in a school or other educational institution was faced with the problem of document management. No matter how short the time, and no matter how much you want to spend it on practical activities, it is worth remembering that the documentation is very important, as it is the main working base of the psychologist. Among other documents, I'd like to talk separately about how the psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the pupil are drawn up, a sample of which is difficult to find.

First of all, it is necessary to note in which cases it is needed. Of course, for every schoolboy to make such a paper would be an unrealistic task for a psychologist. If there is a need for this, you can involve a class teacher in this activity. However, more often than not, it will be superfluous. Psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the pupil are required if he has any problems in his studies, behavior, etc., and he and his parents are invited to the medical-psychological-pedagogical commission to decide how these problems should be eliminated. It is also necessary to have psychological and pedagogical characteristics on all "difficult" adolescents who are registered in school or marked in the PDN department. In addition, children with whom the school psychologist is involved in an individual program should also be characterized (mainly in order to understand why they need corrective work).

It should be remembered that working closely with class leaders can alleviate the task of a psychologist in writing this document, as they are well acquainted with their students and often know information that may later be useful for describing the child's personality.

It is worth noting that there is no single sample, according to which the characteristic is written for the student. Therefore, the form of writing can be developed independently or use existing models of other psychologists. However, in any case, there are several recommendations that must be followed when drafting it.

First, the characteristics of the student should contain the individual characteristics of the student, his character, position in society, the development of cognitive processes , etc. To do this, a complete study of the child is carried out beforehand, using various techniques that the psychologist owns. The student's personality should be covered in detail from all sides, with both positive and negative qualities, as well as features of his behavior.

Secondly, it must be remembered that when a characterization is made for a student, the psychologist should be guided by the basic rule of professional ethics "do no harm". Accordingly, each word and phrase should be carefully thought out and correctly formulated. Especially it concerns those cases when the characteristic for the pupil of the correctional school is written . Usually diagnoses in such cases are encrypted with the help of designations that are understandable to those skilled in the art.

At the end of the document, there are usually recommendations that the psychologist makes individually to everyone, taking into account the facts listed before. This item should be mandatory, since the task of the school psychologist is not so much to diagnose personal or other violations in the child, how much to make efforts to correct them.

It should also be taken into account that the documentation maintained by the school psychologist must be of the same type, which will be convenient not only for the employee himself, but also for checking the work of the administration. This applies to the characteristics that are being developed, and are further developed according to one standard. Later, only the psychologist will have access to these certificates, and other people only with his permission and the consent of the student's parents.