Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology
ISSN 2304-9790 (Print)
ISSN 2541-9013 (Online)


school adaptation

The expectations of teachers and school administrators about the process and result of school psychologists

The paper presents an analysis of the results of psychological surveys of teachers and school administrators, allowing them to reveal the content of expectations about the activities of educational psychologists.

Psychological Meaning of the Concept «School Adaptation»

The paper presents the findings of a theoretical analysis of the problem of school adaptation. It is demonstrated that school adaptation is an ongoing process, involving such fundamental changes in the person’s life as the change of activities and social environment. School adaptation is interpreted not only as a process of adaptation to effective functioning in an educational environment, but also as the person’s active exploration of the surrounding environment associated with his/her ability to develop psychologically, personally, and socially.

Individual Characteristics of Psychological Safety of Primary-School Students during School Adaptation

The paper present the results of an experimental study of how individual characteristics of psychological safety are manifested in firstgraders depending on how well they are adapted to school. The study involved 238 children. It applied a number of techniques aimed at examining indicators of psychological safety and the level of school adaptation in first-graders.