The relevance of the study is determined by the growing number of teenagers with signs of deviant behavior and, as a result, by the necessity to organize a system of effective work with them. The declared multi-paradigm approach allows us to select the forms and methods of work that optimally correspond to the context of interaction. The study objective is to identify the most common approaches to working with so-called diffi cult adolescents in liberal, socially oriented, and learner-centered paradigms of a person’s upbringing.