The aim of the study was to clarify the variety of health and development disorders in preschool children with special needs attending Kaunas kindergartens and to arrange the ways of their integration, health and correction care in 2000 and 2008.
Methods. The sample comprised 11985 children aged 2–7 in 2000 and 11873 children in 2008, including in 2000 5075 and in 2008 4096 children with special needs. The possibilities of their health and correction aid were estimated by analyzing the related programs and results of their implementation.
Results. In 2000, there were 8 special kindergartens for children with special needs. In 2008, all the children with special needs were partially or fully integrated in kindergartens according to their place of residence. Besides, there were centres of special education and health (CSEH) in 8 kindergartens. In both years, the number of children with speech and communication disorders was the biggest among children with special needs. In 2000, there were more children with motion and support disorders and visual impairment, and in 2008 there were more intellectual and other neurological and somatic disorders. The most efficient help was provided to children with speech and communication disorders. The health of children with cerebral palsy, scoliosis and severe deformations of parts of body has significantly improved with the help of correction.
Conclusions. In 2008, the care of preschool children with special needs was reformed: all children were partially or completely integrated and received more attention from health specialists working closely with the CSEH.

Keywords: preschool, health and development disorders, health correction