Preventive and Educational Programs in Addressing Students’ Educational and Behavioural Challenges Within Inclusive Education: Teachers’ Perspectives

Introduction: School is an important space where students develop intellectually, emotionally, socially and culturally. Each school should develop its own and unique educational and preventive program that also protects previously diagnosed educational problems – their manifestations and causes, as well as educational needs. Research Aim: The aim was to collect the opinions of teachers teaching in grades I–III of public primary schools on the effectiveness of educational and preventive programs implemented in schools and class programs developed on their basis in eliminating the causes of educational and behavioural difficulties, their manifestations and securing the educational needs of disabled and non-disabled students. Method: Empirical material was collected using Questionnaire for Teachers on preventive and educational programs and their importance in eliminating the causes and manifestations of educational problems and securing the needs of students with special educational needs and their non-disabled peers. Results: The presented research results show the low effectiveness of school educational and preventive programs in terms of eliminating students’ educational difficulties and their potential causes in the perception of teachers. Teachers see visibly greater effectiveness in influencing educational problems and their causes in classroom educational and preventive programs. Conclusion: It is important to o change the approach to the document itself, pay attention to improve the proper assessment of students’ educational and behavioural difficulties and needs and also to develop educational competences of teachers and introducing training that will enable them to more carefully design various forms of educational assistance.