SUMMARY Rasa Žąsytienė. Preschool-age children’s with speech and communication disorders public spirit development rudiments. Master work supervisor: Prof. Habil. Dr. Zenonas Bajoriūnas. Vilnius Pedagogical University. Educology Department. Vilnius. 2006. P. 73. Many Lithuanian and foreign scientists state that it is especially advantageous to develop civil consciousness in the early childhood when children are interested in the surrounding world, are not afraid to do a mistake when dealing with various problems, and willingly perform social tasks. The public spirit does not depend on the age. It is not only the knowledge of essential information, principles, and cognition of rules. It is more a desire and perception, that participation in societal life is a duty. It is noticeable, that not enough attention is paid to public spirit’s development in the preschool age. The research of rudiments of public spirit’s development in preschoolers with speech and communication disorders is one of the methods, how to develop and adjust children’s speech and communication. The perception of civil world is a basis for their propaedeutical (preliminary teaching), moral, and ethical upbringing. The purpose of the research was to reveal the realia of public spirit’s development in preschoolers with speech and communication disorders. The goals of the research: to render literature’s analytical survey of the chosen theme; to reveal a state of public spirit’s... [to full text]