The work with gifted children, which is not only a state, but also a public responsibility, involves the issues of children's formation and development, and it is associated with the consideration of the most effective practices of social and pedagogical work with this substandard category.In this regard, the aim of the article is to identify the peculiarities of social-pedagogical work with gifted children in organizations of supplementary education. The study represents the results of analyzing the questions of assistance for gifted children, the problem of gifted children’s development in the context of social justice, and the review of the educationalists’ attitudes to the effectiveness of socio-pedagogical work with gifted and talented children in supplementary educational organizations in the cities of Kursk and Kostroma.The leading method of considering this problem is the questionnaire method conducted among 129 educators, which enables us to identify the features of socio-pedagogical work with gifted and talented children.According to the results of the research, the peculiarities of social-pedagogical work with gifted children are specified in the comparative analysis of the educationalists' experiences in Kostroma and Kursk. Common and specific characteristics of the educationalists' work with this category of children are identified.The identified features will allow to influence the organization of work with gifted and talented children in educational institutions of different types. The article findings emphasize the necessity of a psychologically comfortable creative environment in an institution of supplementary education.

giftedness, gifted children, organization of supplementary education, educationalist