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,