Clinical Characteristics of Students in Auxiliary Schools (Oligophrenia)

This article discusses the clinical characteristics of students in auxiliary schools—children diagnosed with oligophrenia. A particularly characteristic sign of oligophrenia is a disturbance in the mobility of nervous processes. Specifically, this leads to the formed neural connections becoming inert and the formation of new connections becoming difficult. In children with oligophrenia, the strength of nervous processes is generally reduced, especially active internal inhibition. The primary pedagogical task in relation to this group of children is organizing and managing their attention. Observations of such children show that, in the process of learning, and with an appropriate pedagogical approach, they can develop complex forms of cortical inhibition.