The urgen cy of the research is stipulated by the importance of the problem of education of alternative schoolchildren as having education by this category of citizens is one of the main and essential requirement of their successful socialization, comprehensive participation in social life, effective self-realization in different fields of professional and social life. The purpose of the research is to analyze modern conceptions of inclusive education in the USA to reveal valuable elements of foreign educational experience. The results of the research showed that the main problem fields of education of alternative schoolchildren in the USA include: complex terminology which is used concerning a child with alternative development, which is insufficient to characterize the educational status of a person; outside and individual barriers in education; the necessity of multicultural training of a future teacher; partnership of school and family. Practical implications of the results. The results of the research can serve as a guide for working out ways of including all the members of school staff and a child’s family in the process of education of alternative schoolchildren. The revealed requirements to the content of multicultural competence of a teacher can serve as the basis for evaluation of the activity and training of a modern teacher who works in a multicultural educational institution.