The article discusses the results of the implementation of a psychocorrec‑tional program aimed at developing hardiness in adolescent with mild mental retardation (intellectual disabilities) who are educated in secondary vocational education institutions. Subjects are trained according to adapted programs in separate groups of the institution, where, in addition to them, students who have no limited health abilities are trained. The content of the program in‑cluded information on hardiness, its components and the significance of this phenomenon for human life, presented in an accessible form for people with intellectual disabilities. Before and after training under the program, a survey was conducted using the questionnaire “Test of hardiness S. Muddy” (adapted by E. N. Osin and E. I. Rasskazova), which demonstrated an increase in the vi‑tality indicators of the subjects. In total, the sample consisted of 13 young men and 14 young women. The study showed the possibility of developing hardiness in this category of people, despite the fact that, as a rule, this phenomenon is not considered in their relation, since education, mental work, and developed emo‑tional intelligence are considered an important factor in hardiness (B. G. Anan‑yev, D. A. Leontiev et al.). Thus, this work opens up new facets for conducting hardiness studies, primarily in relation to persons with intellectual disabilities.