The article deals with the research results regardingthe educational standards for students with disabilities and the analysis of the relevance of developing a sense of gratitude as the characteristics of moral education of a person. It specifies the essence of the phenomenon of “gratitude” as one of the learning results. The author describes the components and characteristics of its development, as well asthe original diagnostic material. The experience in the design and implementation of the educational project “Animation as a means of developing a sense of gratitude”is proposed and described in the article.