The Department of psychology and correctional pedagogy

The Department of Psychology and Correctional Pedagogy has fruitful cooperation with a number of leading organizations and educational institutions both within the country and abroad. Our partners include the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Kazakhstan Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Preventive Mechanism of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as an Israeli research group.

In our activities, we also actively cooperate with leading universities abroad, such as the Dusseldorf Institute for Advanced Training IhIWENT, the German Institute for Management Personnel Change in Cologne, Lacuila University in Italy, the University of Porto in Portugal, as well as the St. Petersburg Bekhterev Institute.

The leaders of the department are outstanding scientists, doctors of psychological sciences. The human capital of the department is represented by highly qualified teachers and researchers, including candidates and doctors of sciences. The development of specialties and educational programs includes educational programs in the field of applied psychology, such as psychological service, organizational psychology, medical psychology with a focus on mental health, as well as specialization in legal psychology, including expertise and legal research for the court. Much attention is paid to the development of methods and programs in the field of support, correction and child therapy, working with the Dana Bala center. The department actively supports scientific schools, develops the specifics of teaching, participates in the organization of Olympiads, festivals, weeks and other educational events (Kukina Yu.E., Toktarbekova K.T., Kanapiyanova K.D.).

Another notable achievement of the department is the development of speech therapy practice (Stelmakh S.U., Baychinov R.T.), as well as cooperation with sign language laboratories and classes (Kamzina A.). The use of psychophysiological research (Barabanova E.I., Matskevich I.K., Smailova Zh.Y) and practice using various methods such as BOS, EEG, Polygraph are also among the key achievements. The department has also been actively engaged in the consulting laboratory since 2001. An important area of the department’s work was close ties in the field of military and power psychology (Akanova Zh.M., Tyulyupergeneva R.Zh.), as well as the direction of expert research, including children’s content, legal protection and the development of Kazakhstani reports on children.