THE ONTOGENETIC APPROACH TO PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN OF SENIOR PRESCHOOL AGE

The authors of the article examine the psychological characteristics of senior pre- school age. New developments in this period are: the development of visual-figurative thinking and the emergence of role-playing games, the change from involuntary behaviour to voluntary behaviour, the emergence of subordination of motives, and the development of mnestic abilities. The family’s implementation of the sanogenetic function of the family system contributes to the harmonious development of the child. The ontogenetic and systemic family approaches are the methodological basis for the development of psychological correction programmes when providing psychological assistance to children of senior preschool age.