SPED Center is a service delivery system which operates on the “ school within a school” concept.Special class or self-contained class is composed of pupils with the same exceptionality or disability.

The SPED teacher handles the special class  in the  SPED Center or resource room.Integration and mainstreaming programs have allowed children and youth with disabilities to study in regular classes and learn side by side with their peers.The blind, deaf, and even mentally retarded students participate in regular activities at certain periods of the school day. In partial mainstreaming, children who have moderate or severe forms of disabilities are mainstreamed in regular classes in subjects like P.E., Home Technology, Music and Art .In full mainstreaming, children with disabilities are enrolled in regular classes and recite in all the subjects.

Special day school- aside from special education, a comprehensive array of service is available or arranged, such as medical, psychological and social services. Ex. Southeast Asian Institute for the DEAF (SAID)and St. John Maria Vianney Special School for the Mentally Retarded in Quezon City. Residential school provides both special education and dormitory services for its students. Complementing thecurricular programs are houseparent services, diagnostic services, guidance and counseling, recreation and social activities.

Inclusion describes the process by which a school accepts children with special needs for enrolment in regular classes where they can learn side by side with their peers. The school provides the mainstream where regular teachers and special education teachers organize and implement appropriate programs for both special and regular students.

 

By: Joan J. Quiroz | Master Teacher I | Lamao National High School | Limay, Bataan