2) Social Adjustment/Personality/Development Program which is intended to equip
disabled persons with dynamics or interpersonal relationships as well as public
relations skills to prepare them for greater responsibilities.
3) Technical Program in specific areas which is intended to enhance the skills and
knowledge of disabled employees for livelihood and gainful employment.
4) Values Development Program which is intended to generate positive attitudes of
disabled persons and to harness service values of participants to be effective
employees.
5) Entrepreneurial Opportunity Program which is intended to familiarize disabled
persons who wish to enter into business ventures, the mechanics of business as well as
available business opportunities or other productive endeavors. Any department,
agency or LGU may enter into cooperative undertakings with other departments,
agencies or LGUs, as the case may be, to develop and implement an appropriate
vocational program for disabled persons.
5.4 Facilities for Vocational Rehabilitation
(a) Each LGU shall provide adequate and affordable facilities for vocational
rehabilitation
projects. Said facilities shall include infrastructure, funding and manpower.
(b) A Livelihood Promotion Committee shall be established in every LGU. Said
Committee shall be tasked to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate vocational
rehabilitation programs for disabled persons residing in rural areas.
(c) The Livelihood Promotion Committee shall be comprised of a designated Community
Development Officer permanently employed in the LGU, a ranking NGO official, and a
disabled person nominated by concerned groups in the LGU involved in livelihood
programs.
5.5 Vocational Guidance and Counseling. – The DSWD shall:
(a) Provide vocational guidance and counseling for disabled persons.
(b) Ensure the availability of trained counselors and staff for this purpose.
RULE III
SECTION 1. Quality Education for Learners with Special Needs
1.1 Learning institutions under this rule shall admit all learners with special needs
whether in
academic, vocational or technical courses and other training programs except in the
following instances:
a) If the learning institutions have already accepted learners with special needs and
further acceptance will render the teaching personnel and facilities less effective.
b) If the learning institutions do not meet the criteria set by the Bureau of SPED and are
not included in the financial assistance program excepts for government and state
owned learning institutions shall be encouraged and provided necessary assistance to
comply with the requirements of this rule and shall be subject to monitoring, supervision
and assessment.
c) Teacher training institutions are enjoined to include basic SPED courses at the
undergraduate levels of education and in other related areas. These courses shall equip
teachers with the skills needed to modify content and the teaching approaches used in
ordinary classrooms so as to give curriculum access to learners with special needs.
Skills in identifying and assessing learners with
special needs and in working with parents and the specialists shall also be developed.
d) Teaching institutions shall offer scholarship programs to SPED teachers in
coordination with the Department of Education, Culture ands Sports, Commission on
Higher Education and other government and non-government agencies. These
programs can be provided through alternative training models to include but not limited
to short term courses, distance education, mobile training, and module instruction.
1.2 Formal Education
To provide learners with special needs with access to basic education, learning
institutions shall offer integrated education.
In order to ensure that quality education is accessible, the following components
namely,
curriculum, educational programs, teaching methods and services shall be given
importance
by learning institutions:
1. For persons with visual impairment in the preparatory, elementary and early
secondary levels modified curriculum shall include but not limited to, sensory training,