The article describes the main forms of work with students of the specialty special education, contributing to the effective professional training of future specialists. The analysis of innovative and interactive forms of work with future speech therapists in educational institutions. The status of teachers is changing, who become the organizers of the educational development process, which is saturated with the student's research work. In modern conditions, the teacher does not give information about certain topics, but organizes active research activities of students. In modern conditions, the forms of interaction between the teacher and students are changing. Traditional forms of learning change into forms of active, innovative learning: didactic games, analysis of problematic pedagogical situations, mutual assessment, and mutual control. Interactive learning involves modeling problematic pedagogical situations, using role-playing games, joint problem solving, developing a common strategy for overcoming difficult situations and more. It effectively contributes to the formation of future speech and language therapists, constructive creative thinking; development of values; creating an atmosphere of cooperation, interaction; enables the future specialist to develop their abilities as it is a kind of "redistribution of activity" from teacher to student. The use of interactive forms of learning promotes the formation of students' critical thinking, the ability to reasonably argue their own opinion, analyze the thoughts of others, find ways out of problematic pedagogical situations that arise in real conditions, etc. The practical experience of introducing innovative forms of education testifies to the formation of cognitive interest in the future speech therapists to study the disciplines of the professional component, allows the teacher to take into account the peculiarities of students' creative abilities development and their ability to apply them in practice, provide active practical training.