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DEFINITON OF TERMS AND CHAPTER 5-7

1. Basic Education
Basic Education it is a program of instruction intended to meet the basic learning needs of the
learners such as kindergarten, elementary and secondary education including those with
disabilities.

2. Child Development Centers (CDCs)

Are the day care centers established in every barangay- under Republic Act No. 6972 or the
“Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act” and converted to CDCs
under Republic Act No. 10410. CDCs are implementing health, nutrition, early education, and
social services development programs that provide for the basic holistic needs of learners with
disabilities below five (5) years old to promote their optimum growth and development.

3. Republic Act No.10410

AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE AGE FROM ZERO (0) TO EIGHT (8) YEARS AS THE FIRST
CRUCIAL STAGE OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

4. Child Find System (CFs)

refers to the system of identification, location, and evaluation of all learners with disabilities not
more than twenty-four (24) years of age who are not receiving basic education services for
purposes of facilitating their inclusion into the general basic education system.

5. Inclusive Education
the process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners by moving
towards the end-goal of full participation, presence and achievement in learning cultures and
communities, which involves accommodation, modification, adaptation, and individualization in
content, approaches, structures, and strategies.
Inclusive education is an approach to education that aims to provide equal opportunities and
support for all students, regardless of their background, abilities, or challenges.

6. Inclusion.
refers to a process where all learners, regardless of their background and abilities, are given
an equal chance to play, learn, and interact together in the same learning environment and the
community.

7. Inclusive Learning Resources Centers Of Learners With Disabilities (ILRC)

Inclusive Learning Resource Center of Learners with Disabilities (ILRC) refers to a physical or
virtual center that, provides support and related services to teaching and learning, using
appropriate, accessible, disability-, dinguistically-, culturally-, and gender- sensitive
instructional learning materials, tools, devices, gadgets, and equipment to faciUtate and
enhance learning, and assessment tools and instruments to evaluate developmental domains
and specific areas of concern.

8. ILRC Personnel
refer to all personnel who are considered qualified by the Department of Education (DepEd) to
administer special needs services.

9. Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

refers to the systematic, purposive, and developmental educational programming of curricular
and instructional priorities and contents designed to meet the educational requirements of a
learner with disability and ensure mastery learning of skills and behaviors.

10. Instructional Materials For Learners With Disabilities

refer to textbooks in Braille, large-type, audio, digital or Filipino Sign Language (FSL) materials.
11. Learners With Disabilities
refer to learners in the general early and basic education system who require additional
support and related services.

12. Learning Support Aides

refer to qualified persons who work together in collaboration with special needs education
teachers and para-teachers a's defined in this Act, and contribute to the provision of services
that promote achievement and progression of learners with disabilities.

13. Technical Eductaion And Skills Development (TESDA)

its accredited schools or training centers, and graduates of senior high school with caregiving
as his or her specialized subject;

14. Multidisipilinary Team

refers to a group of health and allied health professionals who, through their specialized
assessment, shall provide for the overall health and well-being of learners with disabilities;

15. Multi-Year Roadmap

refers to a document that shall serve as a guide to government agencies and private
stakeholders for the optimal realization of the objectives and it contain the current policy,
practices, gaps, and challenges affecting the early and basic education of learners with
disabilities, set detailed targets and outcomes for a minimum period of five (5) years.

16. Para-Teachers
refer to those who have taken the licensure examination for teachers but were unable to
qualify, and have been issued by the Board for Professional Teachers a special permit
indicating their area of assignment and their completion of training programs on special needs
education, or inclusive education to teach learners with disabilities.

Para-teachers shall be hired and assigned to areas where there is a shortage or absence of a
special needs teacher, as identified and provided by the DepEd. They shall perform the same
tasks as special needs teachers within their areas of assignment: Provided, That they shall
have completed the necessary training programs on inclusive education to teach learners with
disabilities prior to the performance of their tasks: Provided, further. That the completion of
such training programs shall be indicated in the special permit.

17. ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

it is characterized by qualitative abnormalities in social interactions, markedly aberrant
communication skills, and restricted repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities.

18. Republic Act No.9293

This republic is accordance to para teachers known as “An Act Amending Certain Sections of
Republic Act Numbered Seventy-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Six.
No person shall engage in teaching and/or act as a professional teacher as defined in this Act,
whether in the preschool, elementary or secondary level, unless the person is a duly registered
professional teacher, and a holder of a valid certificate of registration and a valid professional
license

19. Private Sector Participation

refers to all forms of indispensable, substantial and meaningful participation of private
individuals, partnerships, groups or entities, organizations of persons with disabilities,
community-based organizations or nongovernment organizations (NGOs).

20. Related Services

refer to provisions which include, but not limited to, linguistic solutions for deaf learners’
concerns, speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, intervenor
services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, social services,
school health services, counseling, rehabilitation, and other mental health services, orientation
and mobility services, medical services, and transportation services, as may be required to
assist a learner with disability to fully enjoy the rights and benefits from education services;

21. Reasonable Accommodation

 refers to the necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments to ensure learners with
disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms including their right to quality education;

22. Special Needs Education

refers to the customized instructional program or service designed to meet the diverse needs
of an individual learner with disability.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

is a condition that affects people's behavior. People with ADHD can seem restless, may have
trouble concentrating and may act on impulse.
Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may
act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.

23. Special Needs Education Teacher

refers to an individual who teaches academic and life skills to basic education learners who
have a range of disabilities and learning difficulties using various strategies targeting the
learners’ holistic development.

24. Support Services

refer to services provided to learners v/ith disabilities by the ILRCs, schools, other facilities,
group of medical and allied medical professionals or by the community in general.

25. Republic Act No. 9155

Republic Act (RA) 9155, also known as the Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001,
provides the overall framework for principal empowerment by strengthening principal and
leadership goals, and local school based management within the context of transparency and
local accountability.

26. Universal Design For Learning (UDL)

refers to a scientifically valid framework for guiding educational practice; that Provides
flexibility in the way information is presented, students respond or demonstrate knowledge and
skills, and their engagement; and (2) Reduces bamers in instruction, provides appropriate
accommodations, supports mental and physical challenges, and maintains high achievement
expectations for all students, including learners with disabilities.
It also refers to a set of principles that guides the design of inclusive classroom instruction and
accessible course materials.

27. Learning Disability

is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. A learning disability can cause a person to
have trouble learning and using certain skills. The skills most often affected are reading, writing, listening,
speaking, reasoning, and doing math.

28. Republic Act No. 9442

Republic Act No. 9442 (approved in 2007) or An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7277 of 1992,
otherwise known as the Magna Carta For Disabled Persons mandates the provision of
educational assistance to persons with disabilities, for them to pursue primary, secondary,
tertiary, post tertiary education, as well as vocational or technical education, in both public and
private schools.

29. LD (Learning Difference )

30. Giftedness Children

Gifted children are born with natural abilities well above the average for their age. If your child
is gifted, you might notice these natural abilities in the way they’re learning and developing.

31. Emotional And Behavioral Disorder (EBD)

is characterized by excesses, deficits or disturbances of behavior. The child's difficulty is
emotionally based and cannot be adequately explained by intellectual, cultural, sensory
general health factors, or other additional exclusionary factors.
32. Magna Carta For Disabled Persons, 1992, Republic Act No. 7277
Lead by the DOLE, TESDA, and PESO it promotes inclusion of learners with disabilities
among public and private institutions and comply with the requirement and disseminate
materials and conduct orientation and information campaign concerning effective practices in
working with and training learners with disabilities.

33. Speech And Language Disorders

Speech and language disorders refer to difficulties in communication. They can include
problems with speech sounds, language comprehension and expression, and fluency. Speech-
language pathologists (SLPs) are professionals who can help individuals with these disorders.

34. Human Intelligence

Human intelligence is the intellectual capability of humans, which is marked by complex
cognitive feats and high levels of motivation and self-awareness.

35. HI (Hearing Impairment)

According to Dolly Bhargava M. Spec.Ed, Hearing impairment is defined as an "impairment in
hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating that adversely affects a child's educational
performance." Deafness is defined as a "hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is
impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification."

36. Talented Children

Gifts become talents when they’re developed and nurtured. This means that gifted children
become talented when you support and encourage them to use their natural gifts to learn,
concentrate and practise. For example, if your child is gifted musically and you give them
opportunities to learn a musical instrument, they might develop a talent for playing.

37. Mobile Teachers

Mobile teachers shall either be special needs teachers or teachers who have finished the
necessary training programs on special needs education to be provided by the DepEd.

38. Visual Impairments

the level of sight loss is so severe that activities that are dependent on eyesight become
difficult and impossible.

39. Mobile Multidisciplinary Team

Mobile teachers shall either be special needs 17 teachers or teachers who have finished the
necessary training programs on special needs education to be provided by the DepEd.

40. Pre Service Education (before)

Pre-service” refers to activities which take place before a person takes up a job which requires
specific training.

the education and training that occurs prior to a practitioner obtaining a college degree and
entering the workforce. Pre-service prepares individuals to meet the personnel standards of a
specific discipline.

41. In Service Training

The process by which teachers engage in further education or training to refresh or upgrade
their professional knowledge, skills and practices in the course of their employment.

42. Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is defined as "a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement
and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that
occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.
43. Equal Access In Inclusive Education

Equal Access: Inclusive education ensures that all students have equal access to educational
opportunities, resources, and support services. This includes removing physical, social, and
attitudinal barriers that may hinder participation.

44. Positive Learning Environment for Inclusive Education

Positive Learning Environment: Inclusive education fosters a positive and respectful learning
environment where students feel safe, valued, and included. It promotes positive relationships,
empathy, and understanding among students.

45. Republic Act No. 10533

Republic Act No. 10533 otherwise known as The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, and
its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), define the inclusiveness of enhanced basic
education through the implementation of programs designed to address the physical,
intellectual, psycho-social and cultural needs of learners,

46. Republic Act No. 9344

The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 requires educational institutions to work together
with families, community organizations and agencies in the prevention of juvenile delinquency
and in the rehabilitation and reintegration of child in conflict with the law.

47. DepEd
The one who take into consideration the personnel requirement for the inclusive education of
learners with disabilities at the regional level as indicated in the multi-year roadmap.

The DepEd shall be the load agency in the implementation of this Act and shall ensure that
learners with disabilities are guaranteed their right of access to free public early and basic
education services.

48. Republic Act No. 10533

Know as “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013”;

49. Section 2 Of 1987 Philippine Constitution Of Article XIV

Declaration of Policy - It is the State's duty to provide its citizens access to quality education
regardless of their age. The state shall establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate,
and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society.

50. Section 1 Of 1987 Philippine Constitution Of Article XIV

"The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels,
and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all."