The evolution of the terminology of special psychology and pedagogy an international dictionary 2021

The article reflects the methodology for analyzing the evolution of the terminology of special psychology and pedagogy, the main approaches to the development of an international vocabulary of terms for special and inclusive education. The relevance of the work is due to the need to revise the concepts existing in the scientific field of defectology and educational practice of persons with special educational needs, as well as formal and semantic systematization of the newly appeared terminological units. The creation of the nominated dictionary is the result of a significant scientific and practical project of higher education institutions and scientific organizations of the CIS countries. The focus of the research was a system of terms, concepts, dictionary entries characterizing social and educational paradigm changes in the education and upbringing of children with special educational needs.The prepared dictionary is the first attempt for the countries of the post-Soviet space to see and generalize a new terminology for the national education systems of these states, to consider other accents of established and traditionally used concepts. This will allow practitioners and researchers to develop common semantic positions.