%0 Journal Article %T The relationship between general and supporting teachers – a (still) open debate %A Skura, Monika %J Disability %V 2018 %R 10.4467/25439561.NP.18.004.9842 %N Issue 29 (2018) %P 66-86 %K relationship, supporting teacher, general teacher, inclusive education, integrative school %@ 2080-9476 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/niepelnosprawnosc/article/relacje-nauczyciela-wspomagajacego-i-nauczyciela-wiodacego-temat-wciaz-otwarty %X The model of inclusive education has become increasingly popular for children with SEN and their parents. For teachers working in inclusive or integrative classrooms is linked with a demand of coordination and collaborative relationship between regular and special-education/supporting teachers, yet it might cause some difficulties and often encounters problems. The article is a presentation of a study focused on attributes of successful teamwork. It involved 19 participants – general and supporting teachers, post – graduate students and master’s degree students. Data collected in focus group interviews have raised the following findings: respondents suppose obligatory co-creating general rules of collaboration as well as necessity of equal partners relationship to operate successful and effective.