The article is devoted to the issues of improving the professional competencies of teachers-psychologists through the organization of their participation in regional competitions of professional skills. The article describes the experience of organizing professional skills competitions for specialists of psychological and pedagogical support in the Kaluga region. Consistent changes in the organizational and progressive changes of the regional competition of professional skills among teachers of the Kaluga region “I found my vocation in pedagogy...” are reflected. The expediency of approving and holding the regional contest “Mastery without Borders” is analyzed. The competition is held in order to identify talented teachers working with children with disabilities, to encourage the best teachers, to increase their status and prestige, to spread the experience of working with children with disabilities. Examples of competitive tasks are given. The positive dynamics of the development of professional competencies, increased motivation for creative professional activity, mastering the requirements of the professional standard “Teacher-psychologist (psychologist in the field of education)” among the contestants are reflected.