Special education and sociocultural integration – 2023. Theory and practice of training specialists in university programs in special needs education (Report on the international scientific conference)

The problems of theoretical and practical training of specialists in special education university programs were addressed at the International Scientific Conference “Special Education and Sociocultural Integration – 2023” (October 27–28, 2023, Saratov State University). These issues bear the relevance to this research. The aim of the article is to provide an analytical review of the scientific problems raised at the International Scientific Conference “Special Education and Sociocultural Integration – 2023: Theory and Practice of Training Specialists in University Programs in Special Education”. The article describes the main commitments of the conference and the forms of their fulfillment; the article also summarizes the discussions at the plenary and panel sessions, the content of master classes, and the results of the student competition of research papers.