This academic paper focuses on two key selected areas in the process of pregraduate preparation of students from university courses in special-needs pedagogy, specifically at the University of Jan Amos Komenský, Prague, s.r.o. In particular, it covers the topic of motivation for selection or choice of work placement that is an integral part of study and influences the formation of professional orientation. We therefore see work placement as an essential tool for the development of professional competencies of future special-needs educators and educators from resocialisation and penitentiary pedagogy. For this reason, we present the personal opinion and vision of the profession through the perspective of the students undergoing pregraduate preparation – specifically it involves the presentation of professional analysis of a questionnaire-based survey filled in by 501 respondents/students.