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Abstract: Today, with migration from areas of armed conflicts, on the territory of the Russian cities and regions there appears a large number of refugees, displaced people and migrants whose children are in need of psychological help. The psychological condition of the children of refugees and migrants is determined by uncertainty in the future and confusion in the face of a multitude of real-world problems, anxiety about their relatives, frustration, fluctuations of mood: agitation, aggression, depression, and apathy. Stressful events, the complex social situation in which the refugees are placed may lead to psychological and social maladjustment, neuro-mental breakdown and conflicts. In order to overcome the adverse effects of stress purposeful psychological help is required. And it is necessary not to forget that the psychotraumatic situation of children of refugees and migrants can be a long-term one. The factors described above call for the formation in university students of non-pedagogical specialties competences, helping to create an atmosphere in which it is possible not only for every child to adapt, but also to ensure their normal life in a safe educational environment with equal opportunities, to protect the interests of everyone and to ensure successful social adaptation, preserving and strengthening the health of children and preventing deviations in their development. The article presents the experience of work of the Department of Social Adaptation and Organization of Work with the Youth in partnership with the students of Kaluga State University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky aimed at solving the problems of adaptation of children of migrants and refugees.