The article actualizes the problem of organizing and conducting practices as the basis of formation of students of pedagogical specialties of professional competences in work with children with disabilities, taking into account the experience of EU countries and the USA. Analyzes new approaches and principles of modeling complex socio-pedagogical and psychological-pedagogical practice taking into account the views of employers and students. Describes the main stages of practice and reporting forms presented the algorithm of actions of students during practice, analyzes the prospects of improvement of mechanisms of realization of practice tasks based on the ideas of modernization of higher pedagogical education. Conditions are considered the most effective models of practice in the mode of creation of individual trajectories of training of bachelors. Shows the importance of the practice to form professional competences in accordance with the labor action, presented in a new professional standard of a teacher.