Intro to SPED

An individually planned, systematically implemented, and carefully evaluated instruction to help exceptional children achieve the greatest possible personal self-sufficiency and success in present and future environments.

• Special Education

• Inclusive Education

• Early Childhood Education

• Individual Education Program

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.

• Inclusion

• Integration

• Segregation

• Mainstreaming

This means a loss or abnormality

• Impairment

• Disability

• Disorder

• Developmental Delay

This refers to when a child does not reach developmental milestones at expected times.

• Impairment

• Disability

• Disorder

• Developmental Delay

The appropriate term we use for individuals who have impairments and developmental disabilities.

• Disabled

• PWD

• Handicap

• Slow

This law regulated the accessibility of public education for students with disabilities. Its goal was to make public education more equitable so that students with disabilities had the same opportunities as students without disabilities.

• No Child Left Behind Act

• Every Student Succeeds Act

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

This Philippine law established an integrated system of education, promoting equal access to education for all individuals and emphasizing community participation.

• Education Act of 1982

• Child and Youth Welfare Code of 1974

• No Filipino Child Left Behind Act of 2010

• Magna Carta for Disabled Persons of 1992

French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His system remains known worldwide until today.

• Maria Montessori

• Louis Braille

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Helen Keller

Italian physician that established the first Casa dei Bambini “Children’s House” in 1907 which provided a good environment to live and learn for poor and "uneducable" children. Developed an educational program which is still widely used today.

• Maria Montessori

• Louis Braille

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Helen Keller

Learning Disabilities fall under which category?

• Developmental Disabilities

• Physical and Sensory Disabilities

• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

• Gifted and Talented