The article is devoted to the one of the most actual problems of the modern oligophrenopedagogics, that is a professional orientation of students with mental retardation. We give an overview of the features of professional self-determination, the specifics of professional orientation of students with intellectual disabilities, and present the experience of the work of the regional professional orientation festival for graduates of special (correctional) schools (VIII type).

Keywords: students with mental retardation (intellectual disabilities), professional orientation, social adaptation.

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