The strategies and models of foreign scientists to work with learners with special educational needs are discussed in the article. Methodology of the research: consolidation of experience, scientific-theoretical analysis, competence approach. It was analyzed the most appropriate models and strategies: cooperative learning, response to intervention, three-step interview, the diamond model of social pedagogy, etc. The experience of their introduction and testing in the educational process in the Republic of Kazakhstan is revealed. The authors describe the experience of pedagogues in teaching children with special educational needs based on the use of strategies and models in various institutions in the Republic of Kazakhstan.