The subject of the study is the peculiarities of the formation and manifestation of readiness for professional self-determination in adolescents with disabilities and their normotypical peers in the conditions of a general education organization. Particular attention is paid to the subjective factors of readiness, namely: self-esteem, emotional background, environmental support, self-confidence, independence, which have a significant impact when choosing a professional path. There are different levels of readiness to choose a profession among both groups of adolescents. Attention is focused on the effectiveness of implementing a chatbot on the social network VKontakte to create motivation and independence in career guidance for adolescents of both categories. The object of the study is the process of professional self-determination, within which the dynamics of the formation of readiness for a professional choice among adolescents with disabilities and their normotypical peers are examined, as well as the use of digital career guidance tools, in particular chatbots. To conduct the study, methods of system analysis, questionnaires, and experimental testing of an interactive tool - a chat bot - were used on the VKontakte social network. The study revealed subjective factors of readiness for professional choice that prevail. Significant differences have been established in the level of readiness for professional choice between the group of adolescents with disabilities and their peers who do not have this status: schoolchildren with special needs have lower scores on most parameters. The data obtained confirm the effectiveness of digital tools in career guidance for schoolchildren, and the effectiveness of introducing the VKontakte chatbot into career guidance work has been experimentally proven. The results can be applied in the development of vocational guidance programs, taking into account individual and age characteristics, and also introduced into inclusive practices and digital technologies in the education system, namely the integration of chatbots into the information educational environment.
Anna Aleksandrovna Shostak (Sun,) studied this question.