The position of a social worker in special education in the Southern Bohemia region

This work deals with position of a social worker in the special school, which is the place of education and training of individuals with special educational needs. The work points to the appropriateness and necessity of the interconnection between educational and social dimension of training and education of children with special needs and their families in special schools. The theoretical chapters inform about the possibilities of education training of pupils with special educational needs, special pedagogy, the role of the school, family and society in this process. The merits of the presence of the social worker in this institution is supported by qualitive research carried out in this institution