Ledeneva, V.Yu. (2021). Language and Socio-Cultural Adaptation of Children of Migrants in a Small Town. Social’naya politika i sociologiya [Social Policy and Sociology]. Vol. 20. No. 3. P. 109–117. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.17922 ...

Abstract

Children of migrants constitute a separate category of foreign citizens. Through children, their parents adapt more successfully to the host society. In the process of adaptation, migrants often have contradictions between the values of family education and the values of the host country. The issues Children of migrants constitute a separate category of foreign citizens. Through children,their parents adapt more successfully to the host society. In the process of adaptation, migrants oftenhave contradictions between the values of family education and the values of the host country. The issuesof choosing the most appropriate ways of adapting children to work problems remain relevant in the context of migration movements. The purpose of the article is to show the features of working with children of migrants in the educational organization of a small town and the experience based on the specific mechanisms of the social and psychological activity of the school, using it to maintain psychological health and ensure the intergroup perception of schoolchildren. Methodologically, the article is based on analytical studies on the problems of adaptation and integration, sociological and statistical data, a review of regulatory legal acts. The conclusion is made about the essential features of the adaptation of children in an educational institution of a small city, associated with the compactness of living, the mentality of the local population, and the formation of an educational network.