The paper presents the results of a qualitative study that explored the practices of identifying the language needs of immigrant children; the importance practitioners attach to an integrated approach to the inclusion of immigrant children at different levels; and the challenges they expect to face in implementing the concept of an integrated approach with parents, head teachers, teaching and non-teaching staff. The study involved 209 professionals from kindergartens, primary and secondary schools who received training on the implementation of the Concept for the Holistic Integration of Immigrant Children in Kindergartens and Schools. The results show that kindergartens and schools recognise the linguistic needs of immigrant children, stress the importance of preserving the first language as a contribution to understanding different cultures, developing identity and encouraging the learning of a second or foreign language.V prispevku so predstavljeni rezultati kvalitativne raziskave, v kateri smo proučevali prakse ugotavljanja jezikovnih potreb otrok priseljencev; pomen, ki ga strokovni delavci pripisujejo celostnemu pristopu vključevanja otrok priseljencev po celotni izobraževalni vertikali, in izzive, ki jih pričakujejo pri izvajanju koncepta celostnega pristopa pri starših, ravnateljih, pedagoških in nepedagoških delavcih. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 209 strokovnih delavcev iz vrtcev, osnovnih in srednjih šol, ki so se udeležili usposabljanja za izvajanje koncepta celostnega vključevanja otrok priseljencev v vrtce in šole. Rezultati kažejo, da vrtci in šole prepoznavajo jezikovne potrebe otrok priseljencev, poudarjajo pomen ohranjanja prvega jezika kot prispevka za razumevanje različnih kultur, razvoja identitete in spodbujanja učenja drugega ali tujega jezika
