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Nowadays, more and more parents, teachers, and educators are struggling with educational problems posed by children’s behavior. The places of their occurrence are both the school and family environment. In recent years, these problems have seemed to grow in strength, and occured in an increasing number of children, which mades it necessary to use various methods and means of pedagogy to solve these diffi culties. The aim of this article is to present ways of dealing with educational problems at school using several selected students. T he author focuses on describing the functioning of chi ldren in the school environment and presents specifi c ways of solving educational problems with reference to each of the described pupils. The method of individual cases, observation, interview, and document analysis were used to collect the research material. Pupils were observed during classes, on breaks, and while they were in the school common room. Interviews were conducted with teachers of the classes, which were attended by the pupils, other teachers, school educators, and school daycare teachers. While collecting the research material, the author also analysed the information contained in the class journals and opinions from psychological and pedagogical counseling centers. The cases of four students aged from 6 to 11 were analyzed. These students were selected for research to ensure the greatest diversity of case studies. Some conclusions were drawn considering the types of educational diffi culties that occured, functioning of the children as students, and actions to minimize educational problems. Recommendations were made for the families of the pupils surveyed, aimed at effective coping with educational problems and improvement in the functioning of children.