Objective: The aim: To analyze the levels of competence formation in parents of senior preschoolers with moderate ID and to substantiate the obtained indicators for practical use.
Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The sample of the study was 162 persons: experimental group (EG) - parents (or persons substituting them) of 53 preschoolers with moderate ID - 96 persons (out of the total number, 12 children are brought up by mothers without fathers); control group (CG) - parents (or persons substituting them) of 41 preschoolers with MID - 66 persons (out of the total number, 16 children are brought up by mothers without fathers).
Results: Results: The use of Fisher's φ-criterion allowed to draw the following conclusions: first, at the ascertaining stage of the experiment the characteristics of the EG and CG according to certain indicators of parental competence were homogeneous (α=0.