psychological,  socio-pedagogical,  legal,  economic, 
medical  (Order  of  the  Ministry  of  Education  and 
Science of Ukraine № 557 of 24.04.2019). 
Despite  the  presence  of  diverse  Ukrainian 
scientific  work  on  determining  the  essence  of 
tolerance and the features of manifestations, there is 
one issue that  requires further, thorough study. The 
problem of identifying the state of tolerance in future 
social workers to professional activities. 
Criteria and indicators of formed tolerance as a 
prerequisite for the manifestation of the tolerant 
attitude of students to recipients of social services. 
We  are  convinced  that  the  basis  of  the  successful 
activity  of  a  social  worker  is  professional  maturity 
with the formed personal potential of tolerance. The 
content of this is realized through manifestations of 
behavior  -  external  (so-called  external  tolerance  is 
accompanied  by  balanced  behavior,  belief  in  the 
existence  of  an  opinion,  position  other  than  the 
understanding of the specialist, the ability to consider 
facts  and  phenomena  from  different  angles,  taking 
into  account  various  factors);  internal  (so-called 
internal  tolerance  -  the  ability  to  make  informed 
decisions and reason about the problem, even if all the 
facts  and  possible  consequences  are  unknown) 
(Orlovskaya, 2012). 
The  fact  of  belonging  (origin)  of  tolerance  is 
important, its types have certain characteristics. Thus, 
there is natural tolerance (direct openness, curiosity, 
children's trust of an adult), moral (tolerance, the use 
of psychological protection mechanisms to suppress 
negative  emotions);  ethical  (perception  and  trust, 
empathic feeling of another person) (Lipatov, 2008). 
Tolerance  is  realized  in  the  process  of 
communicative interaction of a social worker with a 
child  with  special  needs;  requires  from  the  adult  a 
positive  attitude,  open  mind,  empathy  towards  the 
state, and values of the child. 
According to K. Rogers, giving the adult the role 
of facilitator and his sincerity, openness and empathy, 
understanding,  and  acceptance  of  the  child,  will 
ensure cooperation based on trust. Thus, I. Trifonova 
identifies seven types of "attitude to children", which 
we have grouped into three subgroups: 
first: with a high level of awareness of the values, 
uniqueness  of  the  child,  taking  into  account  its 
individual characteristics; positive behavioral-verbal 
ways  and  communicative  ways  of  interaction 
(cognitive, cognitive-emotional); 
second:  with  a  high  level  of  recognition  of  the 
value of the child and the ability to inspire confidence 
in  children,  the  ability  to  adequately  assess  the 
reaction  of  children;  insufficiently  being  aware  of 
physiological,  age  features;  unable  to  control  their 
emotional  state  (cognitive-behavioral,  emotional, 
conative (behavioral)); 
third: able to control the child's attention, establish 
contact,  exert  a  suggestive  and  stimulating  effect; 
however,  difficulties  in  the  field  of  interpersonal 
interaction,  inability  to  properly  assess  the  position 
and personality traits of the child (Voloshina, 2007). 
Achieving mutual understanding between an adult 
and a child is possible under the conditions of partner-
subject interaction. It seems reasonable to assume that 
the  idea  of  norms  of  behavior  in  interpersonal 
interaction  depends  on  certain personal  qualities,  in 
particular  -  tolerance.  Especially  when  it  comes  to 
tolerant interaction of the future social worker  with 
children  with  special  educational,  physical  and 
psychological needs (Todortseva, 2004). 
Thus,  tolerance  is  an  important  condition  for 
communication, a source of positive emotional states 
and a motive for subject-to-subject interaction. 
There are different scientific views on the levels 
of  communicative  tolerance,  each  of  which  is 
characterized by certain characteristics, in particular: 
moral  (patience,  tolerance,  respect,  empathy, 
kindness, communication/ communicativeness); 
personal  (personality  stability,  divergence  of 
thinking,  mobility  of  behavior,  social  activity) 
(Orlovskaya, 2012; Todortseva, 2004); 
sufficient  level  of  culture  and  education, 
development of thinking (Griva, 2007); 
high, medium, low (Voloshina, 2007); etc. 
The criteria of tolerance of Ukrainian researchers 
correspond  to  the  psychological  triad:  "emotion  - 
cognition - behavior as a consistent process." 
According to the criteria, we chose the following 
indicators of tolerance: 
-  a  manifestation  of  respect,  friendliness,  and 
tolerance towards people, the establishment of equal 
relations, focused on mutual trust, interest, desire for 
mutual understanding (criterion of mutual respect); 
- understanding of human differences, recognition 
of  the  right  to  individuality,  lack  of  desire  to  re-
educate  the  partner  in  accordance  with  their  own 
ideas about the "right" interaction (criterion of mutual 
understanding); 
- restraint in the face of negative manifestations of 
disrespect  (arrogance,  rudeness,  contempt,  cruelty), 
the ability to find common ground for discussion with 
different people in different situations; ability to listen 
to  the  partner;  treat  the  interlocutor  as  an  equal 
participant in the dialogue (criterion of restraint); 
- the ability to forgive mistakes, manifestations of 
unintentional  rudeness;  lack  of  aggression  towards 
others; high adaptability; ability to adapt to the habits