The article reveals the status of parents and the level of their readiness to participate in corrective support for children with special educational needs. The importance of family diagnostics by specialists is assumed. Knowledge of the parents' social status, position in society, cultural level, and field of activity determines the content and organizational aspects of preparing a family for participation in corrective support for their child. The article describes the difficulties of parents of young children, which, according to the authors, are associated with an insufficient level of knowledge on the issues of corrective assistance to a child at home. The authors made an attempt to determine the goals, objectives and mechanisms for including the family in correctional work.