The materials presented in this textbook are the result of a generalization of the experience of cooperation between the staff of the Novoizborsk Engineering and Pedagogical Vocational Boarding School and teachers of the Pskov State Pedagogical University within the framework of the Russian-Danish project "Improving the professional competence of the pedagogical staff of the school in working with adolescents , Developmental Disadvantages" (June 2003.) February 2005[edit] ). The book includes the materials of the round table, where the results of the project were summed up, and training modules - the result of a generalization of the practical activities of engineering and pedagogical staff of the school . The manual may be of interest to managers of social institutions , Teachers , psychologists and other specialists of the social protection system of the population and the education system , Social rehabilitation , Psychological and pedagogical correction and problems of professional development of children with disabilities