This article highlights the importance of the communicative competence of a speech therapist in the process of providing correctional and pedagogical assistance to children with developmental disabilities. The professional training of a speech therapist, the components that determine his professional competence, in particular, readiness for communication, pedagogical techniques, socio-psychological approach, emotional-intellectual maturity, diagnostic and organizational competencies, are analyzed based on scientific sources. The study substantiates that the pedagogical interaction of a speech therapist with a child is a decisive factor determining the effectiveness of the correctional process. The psychological and pedagogical mechanisms of communication, as well as the theoretical and practical foundations of the formation of communicative competence in working with children with developmental disabilities, are revealed. The article scientifically substantiates the priority importance of communicative competence in the process of training speech therapists. The role of communication in the correctional and pedagogical activities carried out by a speech therapist with children with developmental disabilities is analyzed in depth.

Speech therapist, child with developmental disabilities, communication

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