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Article deals with the diagnostic tests which determine the structure of a handicap in children with locomotor disorders. Data about what is characteristic for children of this category is given. It is specified that permanent psychological, medical and pedagogical support is required for inclusive education and the inclusion of a child with locomotor disorders (including cerebral palsy) in a general education group. Necessary support is identified within their individual rehabilitation program and determined by special educational needs. The findings of research on identifying the special conditions for the inclusive education of children with locomotor disorders are provided. It is stressed that people with locomotor disorders need to be differentiated into three groups in order to choose their educational route. The first group includes children who may be encouraged to receive education in terms of inclusion. The second group includes children to whom preschool education in groups oriented towards compensation is recommended. The third group includes children who should receive preschool education in short-stay groups. The article also gives the general special education needs of children with locomotor disorders, and the individual needs, which typical of certain groups of children with locomotor disorders. Individual special educational needs are divided into three levels: minimum, medium, maximum.

This article deals with the training of teachers for preschool educational organizations to work with children with disabilities and special educational needs. Teachers employed in preschool education organizations groups that implement customized programs are required to know the features of special needs children. In this article the main characteristics of the Corrective and Inclusive Practice section in the From Birth to School educational program are analyzed. The section offers teachers an algorithm of organizing a meaningful interaction with children with disabilities in both combined groups which engage in inclusive education of several children and in groups with a compensatory focus in which each child has developmental problems. In this article a brief description of the main features and the specifics of different categories of children with disabilities and children with minimal manifestations of disorders is provided.