Range of Special Education Program and Services An array of special DOCX

Title	Range of Special Education Program and Services An array of special
Author	Jhee Marvin Huele
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West Visayas State University COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Luna St. Lapaz, Iloilo City Range of Special Education Program and Services An array of special education and programs and services are available in the country. These are offered by public schools and private institutions. 1. The Special Education Center is a service delivery system which operates on the "school within a school" concept. The SPED center functions as the base for the special education programs in school. A SPED principal administers the center following the rules anf regulations for a regular school. The special education teachers manage special or self-contained classes, mainstreaming, tutorial and mentoring resource room services, assessment, parent education, guidance, and counselling, and advocacy programs to promote the education of children with special needs in a regular school. The SPED teacher functions both as teacher and tutor as well as a consulting teacher to the regular school in planning and implementing appropriate strategies for the maximum participation of the special children in the regular class. 2. The Special class or self-contained class is the most popular type among the special education programs. A special class is composed of pupils with the same exceptionality or disability. The special education teacher handles the special class in the Special Education Center or resource room. Thus, in public and private regular schools, there are special classes for children with mental retardation, giftedness and talent, hearing impairment, visual impairment, learning disabilities or behaviour problems. 3. Integration and mainstreaming programs have allowed children and youth with the disabilities to study in regular classes and learn side by side with their peers for the last forty years. Integration was the term used earlier. At the present, when it is no longer unusual to find blind, deaf, and even mentally retarded students participating in regular class activities at certain periods of school day, the preferred term is mainstreaming. Partial Mainstreaming – children who have moderate or severe forms of disabilities are mainstreamed in regular class in subjects like Physical Education, Home Technology, Music and arts. Full Mainstreaming – children with disabilities are enrolled in regular classes and recite in the entire subject, a special education teacher assist the regular teacher in teaching the children with special needs. "In school divisions where one special education teacher serve two or more programs in separate schools, the itinerant plan is used". The SPED teacher travels to the schools to assists the regular teachers where the children are mainstreamed and to attend to the other needs of the program. 4. The special day school serves one or more types of disabilities. The special education classes are taught by trained teachers. Aside from special education, a comprehensive array of service is available or arranged such as medical, psychological and social services. 1 " P a g e Prepared by: Jhee Marvin V. Huele, Athena Cassandra Doce, Mary Lovelenn Enorio...