improving the process of diagnosing special educational needs

This article contains the results of the study of the "Succession of events '' test whose main objective is the exploration of the zone of proximal development in the intellectual area in children with mild mental retardation and children in general education 7 and 8 years old. test and its components are described. As a new element the content of that aid levels must provide the examiner for independence is achieved and therefore ownership of the instruments for intellectual activity is included.