This article discusses the problems of preparing future teachers to work with children with special
educational needs. Analysis of the literature has shown that the existing method of training teachers in
universities belongs to the category of information and reproductive, which is aimed at forming students '
theoretical knowledge in the field of inclusive education, but does not fully allow them to form practical
skills.
In the course of conducting a diagnostic study to study the readiness of students to work with children
with special educational needs in the conditions of study at the University, the following research methods
were used: analysis of literary sources, psychodiagnostic methods and other methods of generalization of
scientific material and practical experience. The levels of students ' readiness to work with children with
special educational needs are revealed. The results obtained in the course of the study allowed us to draw a
conclusion about the need for targeted training of students to work with children with special educational
needs.