16 1 survival needs, and providing reasonable accommodations, 2 modifications, 3 needed. It is geared towards the inclusion of learners with 4 disabilities into the general education system that will 5 enable them to realize their full potential and prepare 6 them as independent functioning members of society. The 7 term “Special Needs Education” shall replace the term 8 “Special Education (SPED)”. adaptations, and individualization, as 9 (v) Special Needs Teacher refers to an individual who 10 teaches academic and life skills to basic education learners 11 who have a range of disabilities and learning difficulties 12 using various strategies targeting the learners’ holistic 13 development. A special needs teacher works in tandem 14 with a general education teacher in planning, teaching and 15 providing support to learners with disabilities. He or she 16 has a degree in any of the following: Bachelor of Special 17 Needs Education, Bachelor of Elementary or Secondary 18 Education with Specialization in Special Needs Education, 19 or Allied Undergraduate and Graduate degrees with 20 eighteen (18) units in Special Needs Education, and is