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(j) ILRC Personnel refer to all personnel who are
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considered qualified by the Department of Education
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(DepEd) to administer special needs services as provided in
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this Act. These include, but not limited to, guidance
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counselors, teacher aides, all persons who are qualified to
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teach sign language or braille, para-teachers, learning
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support aides, and other persons as may be qualified by the
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DepEd to teach learners with disabilities in the ILRC,
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CDC, a resource room, or inside or outside a regular
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classroom.
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(k) Individualized Education Plan (IEP) refers to the
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systematic, purposive, and developmental educational
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programming of curricular and instructional priorities and
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contents designed to meet the educational requirements of
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a learner with disability and ensure mastery learning of
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skills and behaviors. It includes the services to be provided
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and the duration and frequency of such services, describes
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the learner's present level of performance, how the
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learner's disabilities affect academic performance, and
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specifies accommodations and modifications. An IEP shall