Anna B. Tivikova

Abstract: among the main tasks of teachers and educational psychologists working with younger schoolchildren with mental retardation, the tasks of developing their motivation to study at school and the formation of educational motives are highlighted. Based on this, this article presents the results of the analysis of the works of the authors who are developing issues of organizing and conducting activities aimed at stimulating and developing motivation for schooling in younger schoolchildren with mental retardation.

Abstract: children with mental retardation experience significant difficulties in developing motivation for schooling. The lag in neuropsychic development, the characteristic features of the development of perception, attention, memory, and the peculiarities of the course of mental activity provoke difficulties with the assimilation of knowledge, adaptation to educational requirements, and the development of the curriculum. This makes it difficult for children with mental retardation to develop motivation for schooling and requires special attention to the study of this problem.