unattended or inadequately attended. As a result, the disabled person is either malnourished, ill clad or without proper shelter. Nonfornmal Education – any unstructured educational activity which take place outside the established formal education system. It is designed to complement or extend as well as provide an alternative to the formal education. Normalization – a principle in SPED where learners with special needs are provided with an educational and living environment as close as possible to what is ordinarily enjoyed by most people. Orthopedically Handicapped – persons whose impairment interferes either permanently or temporarily, with the normal functioning of the joints, muscles or limbs. Persons with Autism – a developmental disability, having onset before 30 months of age, which is marked by disturbance in development, language and relationships with persons, activities and objects. Persons with Behavioral Problems – those who cannot adjust to the socially accepted norms of behavior and, consequently, disrupt their academic progress, the learning efforts of their classmates, and interpersonal relations. Their emotional and social development is so seriously impaired that they cannot benefit from instruction in an ordinary class. Persons with Hearing Impairment – those with auditory disabilities ranging from mild to profound hearing loss.. Persons with Mental Retardation – those with significant sub-average general intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior like maturation, learning and social adjustment. Persons with Visual Impairment – those with visual disabilities ranging from partial to total loss of vision. Physiatrist – a doctor of medicine with specialized training in rehabilitation medicine. Prevocational Skills – refer to preparatory activities designed to equip the learner with readiness skills for formal vocational training. Private Practitioner – Physicians, physiatrist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, and other professionals engaged in private practice. Program Modification – refers to any adjustments in the educational program and/or services for learners with special needs in order to facilitate their learning. Modifications and adjustments may be done in such aspects as classroom program, services and facilities, class schedule, curricular scope and sequence, teaching objectives, teaching strategies, instructional materials, facilities and equipment. Psychosocial – comes from the words psychological and social; inter-relationship of the psychological aspects pertaining to the thoughts, feelings, reactions, behavior of a person with the social aspects pertaining to the situation circumstances, events, relationships, other people which influence or affect the person sometimes to the point of causing distress.