Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education

Mondays: 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Fused Sophomores and Juniors

SYLLABUS
Date/Time Topic Discussant/Reporter

Weeks 1, 2, The role of this course in the attainment of the

3, 4 school’s VMGO,
 VMGO
 Program Educational Outcomes
Course overview
Classroom policies

I. Special Education in the Philippines

A. Vision, Policy, Goal and Objectives of
Special Education
Legal Foundations of
SPED in the
Philippines and in the
United States

Concepts of Special Education and Inclusive

Education
 Conceptualization of inclusion,
mainstreaming, integration, equality
and equity and Classroom
Accommodations and modifications
Models of disability (Medical Model, Social
Model)
Weeks 4-5 History of Disability
History of Special and Inclusive Education
Key Developments in the Practice of Orchids Jimmy
Inclusive Education in the Philippines
Week 6 Giftedness
Five Categories
Gifted Learners: Characteristics, Profiles, Gumamela Carlos
Identification and
Assessment
Typical and Atypical Cogntive Development
Week 7 Components of Inclusive Program
Child Find Rose Ian
 Assessment
Program Options
Curriculum Modifications
Parental Involvement
Week 8 Twice-exceptional, Double labeled, Dual Sampaguita Dave
exceptionalities
Gifted with Learning Disabilities
Gifted with Autism
Gifted with ADHD
Week 9 MIDTERM EXAMS
Week 10 Learners with difficulty Camia Dan
Seeing
Hearing
Communicating

Week 11 Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder Bird of Paradise Dan

(ASD)
Speech and Language Developmental
Milestones
Week 11 Suggestions for Beginning Teachers Sunflower and yellow
Educational Approaches bell
Learners with
Syril Jeff
Blindness
Low vision
Hearing
Impairment
Communication
Disorders
Learners with Autism
Spectrum disorder

Week 12 Helping Children Communication Disorders Chrysanthemum

in Developing Social Communication and Kristine
Reducing Challenging Behaviors
Social Cognitive Strategies in Helping
Children with Social Communication
Disorders
Teachers’ Experience of Remedial Teaching
for Students with Language Disorders
Challenges for Children, arens, and Teachers
in Teaching Children with Speech Sound
Disorders
Week 12 Learners with Difficulty Walking and Moving Daisy Jimmy
Typical and Atypical Development of Gross
Motor Skills
Week 13 Learning Disabilities Carnation Gayle
Definitions
Characteristics
Types
Causes
Identification and
Assessment
Attention -Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)
Typical and Atypical Attention Development
Week 14 Universal Approaches Kristine Lilies
Universal Design for
Learning (with LP)
Direct Instruction
Explicit Instruction

Teaching Strategies
Week 14 Prevalence of learners with Learning Gardenia Carlos
Disabilities and ADHD in the Philippines

Support Services
Week 15 Intellectual difficulty Dahlia Dave
History
Definition
Prevalence in the Phils.
Eiotiology/Culture
Range
Characteristics
Assessment
Week 16 Educational Approaches Tulip Jeff
Active Student
Response (ASR)
Task Analysis
Community – Based
Instruction
Systematics Feedback
Direct and Frequent
Measurement
Play-based learning
Technology Applications
Week 16 Educational Approaches Stargazer Syril
On people with
Disabilities
On people without
Disabilities
 Inclusion in the Philippines
Inclusive Education
Policy Framework for
Basic Education
Week 17 Presentation of Outputs
Week 18 FINAL EXAMS