Abstract
The article reveals the theoretical foundations and practical procedures for identifying and evaluating special educational needs of preschool children. Diagnostics with special educational needs is a necessary condition for including preschool children in the General education environment and is aimed at improving the system of providing them with comprehensive psychological and pedagogical support in the process of education and training.The content of the article describes a step-by-step procedure for conducting a diagnostic study and the corresponding methodological tools.Attention is focused on the need for a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms and causes of difficulties in learning and development of a preschool child.The diagnostic results are the basis for the development of an individual program of psychological and pedagogical support, which determines the overall strategy and specific steps in the organization of training and psychological and pedagogical support for a preschool child with special educational needs