Position
Associate Professor, Department of Pedagogy and History, A.K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute (since 30 August 2025).
Academic degree
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (2010), specialty 13.00.03 – Correctional Pedagogy (education of the deaf and hard of hearing, education of the blind and visually impaired, oligophrenopedagogy, and speech therapy). Dissertation: “Organizational and Pedagogical Conditions for Including Children with Disabilities in the Educational Process of a Mainstream School”.
Professional qualification
Oligophrenopedagogue; psychologist for special education institutions.
Research areas / academic interests
- special and inclusive education;
- oligophrenopedagogy and special psychology;
- speech therapy and correction of speech disorders;
- psychological and pedagogical assessment of children with special educational needs;
- quality, support and adaptation in inclusive education;
- early childhood pedagogy and psychology.
Courses taught
Correctional Pedagogy; Organization of Pedagogical Services; Early Childhood Pedagogy and Psychology; Fundamentals of Defectology and Speech Therapy; Family and Family Education Psychology; Special Psychology.
Education
1991–1995 – Abai Almaty State University. Specialization: Defectology, Oligophrenopedagogy. Professional qualification: oligophrenopedagogue, psychologist for special institutions.
Professional experience
Since 30 August 2025 – A.K. Kussayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Pedagogy and History.
5 January 2025 – Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Institute of Psychology and Pedagogy, Department of Special Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer.
2023–2024 – National Scientific and Practical Center for the Development of Special and Inclusive Education, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Director for Academic and Methodological Work and Acting Director.
2023 – Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Department of Special Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer.
2020 – Psychological-Medical-Pedagogical Consultation No. 4, Nur-Sultan, Senior Methodologist.
2018–2019 – SANA Center for Scientific and Practical Psychology, Chief Researcher.
From 1 March 2017 – Orleu National Center for Professional Development, Astana branch, Head of the Department of Innovative Technologies and Methods of Teaching Natural Sciences.
2012–2017 – Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Department of Special Education, Senior Lecturer.
2010–2012 – School-Gymnasium No. 65, Astana, Inclusive Education Consultant.
2001–2010 – Abai Almaty State University, Department of Special Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer.
1995–1998 – Abai Almaty State University, Faculty of Defectology, Department of Special Psychology and Social Pedagogy, Lecturer.
Professional development (last 5 years)
- 9–19 March 2026 – “Expert Review of Special and Inclusive Education Resources: Content, Accessibility and Adaptation Requirements”, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Committee for Quality Assurance in Education, Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Expertise of Educational Content.
- 27 November–10 December 2025 – “Application of Artificial Intelligence in Education: New Technologies, Opportunities and Challenges”, Astana Methodological Center.
- 7–20 October 2025 – “Methods for Assessing Student Learning Achievements: From Knowledge Assessment to Learning Outcomes Assessment”, A.K. Kussayinov EHI.
- 7–18 April 2025 – “Improving the Professional Skills of University Teachers” (Special Pedagogy, Special Psychology, Psychological and Pedagogical Assessment of Children with Disabilities).
- 24 February–7 March 2025 – “Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education (Education and Upbringing of Children with Special Educational Needs)”.
- 20–24 March 2023 – “Leadership and Creative Methods in Education”, IKSAD Institute and Halic University SEM, 72 hours.
- 28 January–28 March 2023 – “Learning Easily: Neuropsychology in Kindergarten and School”, SKLAD and L.S. Vygotsky Institute of Psychology, 72 hours.
- 2022 – “Modern Methods for Correcting Autism Spectrum Disorders”, Participation Center for Social Projects, Yaroslavl, 50 hours.
Membership in professional organizations
- Permanent member of the Dissertation Council at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University for awarding the PhD degree in 8D019 – Training Specialists in Special Pedagogy.
- Member of the Republican Educational and Methodological Council for Special Education at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University.
- Expert of the Republican Center for Expertise of Educational Content of the Republic of Kazakhstan; registered in the expert database from 19 March 2026 to 19 March 2031.
Awards and professional achievements (last 5 years)
- 2025 – Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 2023 – Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 2022 – Letter of Appreciation from the Chair of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Education, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Research publications (last 5 years)
- 2026 – “Predictors of teachers’ readiness for inclusive education in Kazakhstan”. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 587–596. DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v15i1.36260.
- 2026 – “Development of Speech in Children with General Speech Underdevelopment through Kazakh Folk Tales”. Bulletin of I. Zhansugurov Zhetysu University, No. 1 (108).
- 2025 – “Issues of Preparing Special Education Teachers for Work in Inclusive Education”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 1 (80), pp. 71–77.
- 2025 – “State and Problems of Organizing Psychological and Pedagogical Support for Pupils of Special Preschool Educational Organizations in the Republic of Kazakhstan”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 1 (80), pp. 13–22.
- 2024 – “On Creating Special Educational Conditions for Children with Disabilities in Special Preschool Educational Organizations”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 2 (77), pp. 7–14.
- 2024 – “Pedagogical Support for Children with Speech Disorders in Inclusive Education”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 4 (79), pp. 21–28.
- 2024 – “Key Issues of Families Raising a Child with Special Educational Needs”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 3 (78), pp. 30–35.
- 2024 – “The Role of Digital Tools in the Development of Preschool Children with Visual Impairments”. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU, Special Pedagogy Series, No. 2 (77), pp. 60–67.
- 2022 – “Developing the imagination of primary school students through media technologies”. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 17(2), 479–491.
- 2022 – “Formation of knowledge about national traditions in high school students with intellectual disabilities through modern technologies”. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 14(5), 1538–1548.
Additional information
- Chair of the Board of Trustees of School-Gymnasium No. 69 named after K. Akishev, Astana.
- 2025 – Session moderator at the First World Congress on Inclusive Education, Almaty.
- 2026 – Letter of Appreciation as a speaker at the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Education and Socialization of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities”, Russian Academy of Education, Institute of Correctional Pedagogy.