Tatiana V. Lavrentieva

T.V.Lavrentieva discusses history of USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences’ Institute of preschool education in terms of its major lines of research. Its first standard preschool educational program developed by A.V. Zaporozhets, A.P. Usova and other scientists of the Institute is discussed in the light of requirements for preschool educational programs set by the existent federal rules. T.V.Lavrentieva defines the term “non-standard child” and discusses diagnostics of preschoolers in Russia and problems of upbringing raised by parents and teachers.