Reading practices as a component of preparing future teachers for personalized education of children in a hospital school

Studies show that in recent years the number of children undergoing long-term treatment has been increasing. This is due not only to the spread of cancer and other aggressive diseases among children, but also to the rapid pace of development of medical technologies, which allows more and more children to have favorable life prospects. The article substantiates the need for targeted training of specialists who are capable of psychological and pedagogical work with children in various institutional forms, in particular, in a medical hospital. The description of the university “Reading Club” model is given. The university “Reading Club” is considered a pedagogical tool that promotes the development of students’ reading competence as part of professional culture necessary to ensure the personalization of the educational process in hospital schools. The stages of work of the “Reading Club”, the structure of building the activities of its participants with the possibility of using reading practices with children in long-term treatment are given.