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O,JEANELYN P.

DECEMBER2023
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VEREPORT

In Nov ember25,2023 ourschoolKapal ong ofAgr icultur e Sciences and

Technol ogy i mpl ement ed a PRE SERVI CE TEACHERS CAPABI LITY SEMI NAR ON
SPECI AL AND I NCLUSI VE EDUCATI ON wi tht he theme " Beyond Label s Fost eri
ng
InclusiveEducat iont hroughcol laborationl earningenv i
ronment ".Theaudi encef ort hi
s
program ar eal linEducat i
ondepar tmentwehav eSecondar yEducat ionMaj orinMat h,
Engl i
shandFi li
pinoaswel last heBEEDort heBachel orofEl ement ar yEducat ion.The
Progr am startedat8:30i nt hemor ningf ollowedbyt heWel comingr emar ksbyMa' am
RheaJoySembl anteourI nstr
uctorint hesubj ectFoundat ionofSpeci alandI nclusi v
e
Educat i
on and we hav e an openi ng message f rom Ma' am Dev eyvon Espi nosa.
Accor dingt oMa' am Espi nosat hisi
st hef irsttimef rom t heKCASTt oi mpl ement edt hi
s
semi narhi ghli
ght ngt hei nclusi
veeducat i
oni nouri nstitut
ion.Sheal sosai dt hatt hi
s
program hassi gni f
icantpur poseandt hati stogi veasi nsightthatSpeci aleducat ionis
notapr ogram butanactofser vi
cef orthepeopl ewhohav easpeci alneeds,t hrought
under standingt hem asaf ut
ureeducat i
onwecanpr ov i
deabet terappr oachf ort hos
student swhohav easpeci alneeds.Af tert heopeni ngmessagewepl ayt hehand
clappinggamewhi chist hedoubl edoubl et histhatgameandzumbadanci ng.

Theopeni ngoft heev ent,wehav eourf i

rstspeakerf orthi ssemi nar, Ma'am Sar ah
Mar i
eExcal aMaedhasbeenadedi catedt eacheratMani kiCent r
alf or30y ear s.She
haswi tnessedt heimpl ement ati
onofspeci aleducat i
oni n1976andt heenact mentof
theEducat ionf orAl landMagnaCar taf orPer sonswi t
hDi sabili
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exiaandaut ism.I tisessent ialtor ecogni ze
thatal lchildrenhav et her ightt oeducat ionandshoul dnotbedi scriminat ed.Dur ingher
speechweal sodiscussedt heef fectoft hesegr ati
onandi nclusiveset ti
ngsi nschool .
Segregat i
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idualswi thdisabi li
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esonl yper petuatesf ear ,i
gnor ance,
andpr ejudicewhi l
ei nclusi veset ti
ngshav epr ov ent obebenef i
cialforacademi cand
socialdev elopmentofst udent swi thspeci alneeds.I tiscr ucialf orallschool s,bot h
pri
vat eandpubl i
c,toembr aceinclusiveeducat ionasmandat edbyRA11650.Thr ough
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singawar enessandadv ocacy,internalandext ernalstakehol derscanwor ktoget her
to cr eate a mor ei nclusi ve env i
ronment .Tr aining and or i
ent at
ion act i
vit
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admi nistrator s,t
eacher s,andpar ent sareessent ialinmaki ngcur r
iculum andi nstruction
appropr iatef orallstudent s.Thepr ocessofi nclusi oninvolvesassessment ,placement ,
andi nstruct ionalprogramst ail
oredt omeett heneedsofeachi ndi
v i
dual .

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tedhereducationjourneywithhonor
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er
underst
andingofonesel
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soincl
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sonalbehavi
orcheckli
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and discussed how teachers can appr
oach and gui
de students wit
h dif
ferent
charact
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osingremar
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Servi
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on,Ir
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zedthatasf utureeducator
s,wehav e
acruci alresponsibil
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tyt oprovi
deequaloppor tuni
ti
esf orallstudents.Howev er,i
tis
i
mpor t
antt oacknowl edget hateachst udenthasuniquechar acter
ist
icsandneeds.
Therefore,insteadoft r
eati
ngt hem equall
y,weshouldt reatthem accordingt othei
r
i
ndividualrequirement s.Thisunderst
andingwillenabl
eust ocr eateaninclusi
veand
suppor ti
velear
ningenv i
ronmentforal
lstudent
s.

I
nt hef ieldofspeci al educat i
on, therear ev ari
ousappr oachesandset ti
ngst o
suppor tchildr enwi thspeci al needs.Thesei ncludei ntegr ation, wher echildrenwi th
special needsar ei ncludedi nr egularcl assroomsal ongsi det heirpeer s.Ther ear ealso
resour cerooms, whi chpr ov i
deaddi tional suppor tandr esour cesf orst udent swi t
h
special needs.Anot heropt i
oni scommuni ty-baseddel i
v erysy stems, wher eserv i
cesar e
providedwi thint helocal communi ty.Speci alclassesandspeci al educat ioncent ersare
dedicat edspacest hatcat erspeci f
icall
yt ost udent swi thspeci al needs.Speci alday
school sar eanot heropt i
on, offer i
ngspeci ali
zededucat i
onf orst udent swi thspecifi
c
needs.Topr omot einclusiv it
yandr aiseawar eness, adv ocacypl ay sacr ucialrole.It
i
nv ol
v esengagi ngbot hint ernal andext ernal stakehol ders,suchasadmi nistr
ators,
teacher s,par ents,andt hewi dercommuni ty.Thespeci al educat i
oncent erpl aysav i
tal
roleinpr epar ingst udentsf ori nclusionbypr ov i
dingt rainingandor ientati
onact ivit
ies.
Theseact ivi
tiesai mt oequi padmi nistrators,teacher s,andpar ent swi tht henecessar y
skil
lsandknowl edget ocr eat eacur r
iculum andi nstruct i
ont hatar eappr opr i
ateforal l
student s.Thepr ocessofi nclusi oninv olvessev eralsteps, includi ngassessment ,
placement ,andt hedev elopmentofi nst r
uct i
onal progr amst ailoredt omeett heneedsof
eachst udent .