The paper presents the results of empirical study of parents' attitudes towards their children with special educational needs. The following methods have been used: PARI method (E. Schaefer, R. Bell; adaptation by T. Nescheret), test-questionnaire of parental attitude of A. Varga and V. Stolin; questionnaire 'Analysis of family myth' by A. Nesterova. To clarify and deepen the analysis of research data, two samples of selected participants have been created: a) parents of children with special educational needs and b) parents of children without special educational needs. Two Google forms have been made with appropriate introductory questionnaires and research instructions. The analysis of the results obtained by the methods has revealed the following tendencies in the attitude of parents of children with special educational needs, in comparison with parents of other children: lower level of acceptance; greater concentration on the child and his/her control; a kind of inconsistency in the attitude to their children (simultaneous optimal emotional contact and excessive emotional distance); a sense of self-sacrifice and belief in its necessity. It has been proved, that the usage of different types and forms of art therapy (music, dance-movement, bibliotherapy, fairy tale therapy, phototherapy, film therapy, fine art therapy) helps to correct parents' attitude to their children with special educational needs. In addition, a number of recommendations for the use of art therapy to work with parents of children with special educational needs has been proposed.

The article presents the results of the study devoted to the issues of emotional intelligence of the children born in the families of migrant workers. The theoretical analysis has been carried out on the basis of domestic and foreign source and scientific bases within the outlined problem. It is noted that the problems related to the families of migrant workers and their children need to be solved at the international, national, regulatory, scientific and methodological levels. The theoretical foundation of understanding the emotional intelligence under focus has been substantiated taking into account the generalising considerations of scientists who have studied the conceptual and semantic content of the concept. It is noted that emotional intelligence is a necessary component of successful socialisation of any personality. The meaning of the term «children born in the families of migrant workers» has been considered, which made it possible to approve that there is no legal status for “the children born in the families of migrant workers” in Ukraine. It is revealed that the concept “the child of migrant workers / the child who was born in the family of migrant workers” is often identified with the concept “social orphanhood”. It is noted that such identification is incorrect; a child can be considered a social orphan only if his / her parents are deliberately removed from parental responsibilities. From the standpoint of the environment-based approach, the living environments of the children who were born in migrant families are segmented, which are basic for the formation of children’s emotional intelligence: family environment; social surrounding environment; general secondary education institution environment; peer environment; the Internet and social networks environment.

The article presents the results of the study related to the problem of responsible parenthood, which was carried out by means of comparative analysis of the concepts «responsible parenthood» and «conscious parenthood». The theoretical analysis is based on the work of domestic researchers, who showed that the concept «conscious parenthood» is significantly justified and is represented by a larger number of scientific works compared to the concept «responsible parenthood». At that time, the concept «responsible parenthood» was understood as implicit in international documents and domestic legislation and regulations. It is noted that in many sources, the authors present considerations from the standpoint of the desired/«ideal form» of the content of the two concepts under study. According to the results of theoretical analysis, in the existing works of domestic scientists, a number of contradictions relevant to the present time have been identified, and the author’s opinions on them are presented. In the context of the stated problem and practical provision of the stated goal and objectives, an experimental study was conducted regarding Ukrainians’ attitude to the problem of responsible parenthood and the establishment of semantic differences in their understanding/perception of «responsible parenthood» and «conscious parenthood». The experimental study was implemented through a number of stages; the method of interviewing was chosen as the key one. The generalized results of the experimental study showed that Ukrainians understand the concept «conscious parenthood» as a conscious/planned desire to give birth to a child and raise him / her; and «responsible parenthood» as understanding and maintaining responsibility for the life and upbringing of a child (even if the birth was not planned), implying parents’ responsibility for their children. However, we do not mind parents’ responsibility to themselves. Based on the results of theoretical analysis and experimental research, the author’s definition of the concept «responsible parenthood» has been formulated.

The paper presents the results of children’s EQ analysis in families of migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. The following methods have been applied: theoretical methods – analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, systematization of scientific practices in issue of children’s EQ in families of migrant workers; empirical methods – interviewing, questionnaire, self-esteem, adapted methods ‘Dictionary of emotions’, ‘Complete the sentence’, preliminary methodology ‘My dream’, adapted samples ‘My three wishes’ – for preliminary diagnostics; for data processing – comparative method, methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis of diagnostic data, graphical methods of statistics processing (tabulation, diagrams), method of experts’ assessments; methods of mathematical statistics, the Pearson criterion of homogeneity. The EI problem of children from migrant workers' families has social, pedagogical, psychological and legal aspects that are exacerbated and need to be addressed during the pandemic. It is found that basic environments – family; social environment; general secondary education institution; peers; the Internet and social networks, which are comfortable for the EI formation of children from migrant workers' families, are subject to restrictions/localizations in quarantine conditions and cause changes in EI. It is stated that in the absence of parents, the institution of general secondary education is the environment where control, efficiency and optimization of the process of forming the children’s EI are ensured. The scientific novelty of the obtained results of children’s EQ analysis in families of migrant workers during pandemic COVID-19 in Ukraine has both theoretical and practical value on the international level for researchers and social work experts, dealing with issues of work migration, including children of migrant workers. The solution of the problem involves making special psychological and pedagogical programs for children’s EQ development in families of migrant workers.

The article presents the author’s results of theoretical and empirical analyzes of challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine. Theoretical analysis showed that human trafficking is an interdisciplinary problem and is represented by a number of studies by scientists in various scientific fields in the domestic and foreign scientific space. It has been established that currently there is no research on new challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine. Empirical analysis of new challenges in combating trafficking in human beings in Ukraine was carried out through the implementation of a polygon study and interpretation of the results. The obtained data outline new challenges in the problem of combating human trafficking in Ukraine, such as: use for selfish purposes, forced donation, trade in biological/genetic material, reproductive programs/surrogacy. The results suggest that the new challenges in combating human trafficking in Ukraine are a real platform for transnational crime. It was stated that such circumstances require strengthening of international cooperation in combating transnational human trafficking, legal regulation and improving the domestic legal framework with systematic and full informing of Ukrainian people about consequences and new challenges in combating human trafficking.