Educational model for learning how to be competente as teaching assistant is still not legally arranged in the Republic of Croatia. Because of different qualification programs, depending of the county or town the school is in, and also the fact that role of teaching assistant is not distinct enough, approaches of teaching assistants are very different, such as and the teachers and parents expectations of teaching asisstants. All that affects on the students with dissabilities success achieveing educational outcomes. It is therefore important to investigate the attitudes of elementary school teachers whose classes are assistants in teaching assistants in the classroom. The overall aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of teachers towards assistive teachers in elementary schools in the Brodsko - Posavska County area. In addition to the general objective of the research, the following specific objectives have been set: 1. Investigate the attitudes of teachers and teachers towards teaching assistants. 2. Investigate whether there is a statistically significant difference between teachers' attitudes towards teaching assistants in relation to their previous experience with assistants in teaching and, if so, in which direction they differ. 3. Investigate whether there is a statistically significant difference between teachers' attitudes towards teaching assistants in relation to the rural or urban area in which the school they are working in is. Teacher attitudes towards teaching assistants in regular primary schools are positive, teachers understand the importance of assistants in teaching and consider them necessary and relevant in the teaching process.