Peculiarities of communication skills formation in preschoolers with delayed mental development

The article presents the results of a comparative study of communication features in children with delayed mental development and normotypical children. The research methodology is based on the approach of G.M. Andreeva, who distinguished three components in the structure of communication: perception, communication and interaction. Comparison with normotypic peers allowed the authors to highlight the necessary pedagogical conditions for the organization of an inclusive educational space, which ensure the formation of communicative competence of preschoolers with developmental disabilities. To conduct the study, the authors chose diagnostic techniques equally applicable in working with both normotypic children and children with developmental disabilities.