What should we call «children at risk»?

Abstract

The authors of the article has conducted the analysis of different scinetists` point of view on the category of «children at risk», which has become the subject of study of various branches of scientific knowledge, resulting in a multidisciplinary study of its nature, causing the complexity and diversity of this phenomenon. The secondary analysis of philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical sources on the problem under consideration has given the possibility to systematize and generalize the available data on current state of the problem. The conducted literature review is based on a wide range of trustworthy sources with a particular focus on textbooks, journals, and scholarly articles on selected research area.