History of Special Education in the Philippines PDF

Is a practice that provides individualized instruction and support to students with disabilities or learning difficulties, Is a practice of educating students with disabilities or learning difficulties alongside with...

Is a practice that provides individualized instruction and support to students with disabilities or learning difficulties, Is a practice of educating students with disabilities or learning difficulties alongside with their peers without disabilities in the same classroom. The General Superintendent of Education. The interest to educate Filipino children with disabilities was expressed in the year 1902, opposed to the Secretary of Public Instruction that the children whom he found deaf and blind should be enrolled in school like any other ordinary children. Special Education program was formally started in the Philippines.  The pioneer school for the handicapped in the country and in Asia. It is a semi-residential school and the only government- owned institution for the Deaf in the country. Insular School for the Deaf and Blind in Manila Philippine School for the Deaf and Blind (1907) Ms. Delia Delight Rice Dr. David Borrows  Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) formerly known as Welfareville School  The Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) formerly known as Welfareville School was formally established on December 3, 1925 by the National Government by virtue of Republic Act No. 815 passed by the Philippine Legislature. The said law provided the creation of a school in the institution to take care, to educate, and to train orphans, defectives, delinquents, the aged, and Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) formerly known as Welfareville School the infirm. (1925)  Responsible for organizing the school were Dr. Jose Fabella, then Commissioner of the office of the Public Welfare Commission, and Mrs. Josefa Martinez, then Chief of the Department of Children Division. Dr. Jose Fabella is the father of Social Work, the First Commissioner of the Office of Public Welfare.  In 1985, the JFMS Main expanded its educational services by accepting children who were disadvantaged and underprivileged who come from the nearby depressed areas of Welfareville Compound, City of Mandaluyong. At present, with the creation of R.A. No. 9155 or the Governance of Basic Education Act of Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) 2001 the school is now under the Supervision formerly known as Welfareville School of the City Schools of Mandaluyong. (1925) Mrs. Maria Villa Francisco was appointed as the First Filipino principal of the School for the Deaf and the Blind (SDB). The NOH School for Crippled Children is a national special school that provides formal and informal education to children with exceptional needs whose commonality is being orthopedically handicapped.  It was established in 1947 when the NOH Director J.V. Delos Santos felt a need of having Special Education Teachers to conduct bedside teaching to a greater number of patients who were elementary school children. These children whose nature of ailments is need months or years of hospital confinement received instruction at first from volunteers and later on from teachers requested by the hospital from the defunct Bureau of Public Schools. In 1949, the Quezon City Science High School for gifted students was inaugurated. The inauguration of the Quezon City Science High School (QCSHS) on September 17, 1967 was the fulfillment of a great man’s dream, a vision turned into reality. The vision of providing splendid opportunities for the more talented students of Quezon City and those who have great interest in Mathematics and Science came into reality when Mrs. Hermenigilda G. Margate, the Division Science Supervisor conceived the establishment of a science high school in Quezon City.  On July 11, 1967, a memorandum was sent to all principals and assistant principals and head teacher, Mrs. Hermenigilda G. Margate, Mathematics and Science Supervisors, was designated by the City Superintendent to organize and take charge of the Quezon City Science High School. After a rigid examination and successive interviews, the QCSHS started with 28 competent teachers and 325 equally talented students coming from different high schools in Quezon City.  Elsie Gaches Village was established in Alabang, Muntinlupa to take care of abandoned and orphaned children and youth with physical and mental handicaps. Elsie Gaches Village  This serves as the only government institution that provides care and rehabilitation to abandoned, neglected, dependent, and foundling children as well as adults with special needs such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities and neuro-developmental disorders. On February 3, 1964, an American couple, Samuel and Elsie Gaches, donated to the Philippine government their 16-hectare-lot rest house to be used as shelter for the needy. From then on, the facility has evolved to become what it is today: a haven for mentally-challenged persons.  The Division of Manila City Schools implemented the Silahis Concept of Special Education in public elementary schools. The 'Silahis Centres' ('school within the school' concept) is presented as a feasible model for implementing and promoting the inclusion of children with disabilities within regular schools throughout the Philippines.  School for the Crippled Children at the Southern Island Hospital in Cebu City 1980- The School for the Crippled Children at the Southern Island Hospital in Cebu City was organized.  three special schools were opened. Cebu State College Special High School for the Deaf Siaton Special Education Center in the Division of Negros Oriental St. John Maria de Vianney Special Education learning center in Quezon City  1990- The Philippine institute for the Deaf, an oral school for children with hearing impairment was established. In the case of hearing- impaired children, additional resources are required in order to provide a solid educational foundation and an equal opportunity to succeed.  The summer training for teacher of the visually impaired started at the Philippine Normal University  DECS order No. 5 “Reclassification of Regular teacher and principal items to SPED teacher and special schools principal item“  DECS order No. 5 “Reclassification of Regular teacher and principal items to SPED teacher and special schools principal item“ DECS order no. 33 “Implementation of administrative order no. 101 directing the Department of Public Works and highways, the DECS and the CHED to provide architectural facilities or structural feature for disabled persons in all state college, universities and other buildings  Pursuant to DECS Order No. 26, s. 1997 entitled “Institutionalization of SPED Programs in All Schools”, there should be at least one SPED Center organized in every school division. The establishment of this Center aims to provide access to basic education among children with special needs, namely: the gifted/talented, the mentally retarded, the visually impaired, the hearing impaired, the orthopedically handicapped, the learning disabled, the speech defectives, the children with behavior problems, the autistic children and those with health problems through the formal system and other alternative delivery services in education. In the year 2001, In August 2001, Republic Act 9155, otherwise called the Governance of Basic Education Act, was passed transforming the name of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to the Department of Education (DepEd) 2002- An ongoing mobile teacher–training program by the Department of Education and the University of the Philippines trains regular and special education teachers on how to educate children with special needs Special Education Act of 2010, An act establishing at least one Special Education center for each school division and at least three Special Education centers in big school divisions for children with special needs, guidelines for government financial assistance and other incentives and support  DepEd has increased the funding for its Special Education program and is set to open new centers DepEd organized a National Conference for SPED Teachers to sharpen their skills.