Analysis of cognition structure of student’s having emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties: aspect of international experience

The article presents the international research on cognition and the situation analysis of students who have emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties that lead to early school dropout. The main features of students who are not motivated for school attendance are problems in the family environment and behavioral manifestations that lead to social conflicts. The method of the in-depth interview was applied during multiple individual meetings with the student. Twenty-one students from four EU countries at the age from 13 to 20 years took part in the research. It was set that the student’s difficulties and strengths at school, de-motivational and motivational aspects, weak points, problems of positive self-evaluation, coping strategies, helping thoughts, advice and wishes about future are the main inner psychological problems that are reflected in the student’s acting in their environment.