development, (e) nature
and needs of particular types of learners with special needs, (f) assessment of learners
with
special needs, (g) programs and services and (h) adaptation in facilities and equipment.
Sheltered Employment – means the provision of productive work for disabled persons
through
workshops providing special facilities, income-producing projects or home works
schemes with
a view of giving the disabled the opportunity to earn a living thus enabling them to
acquire a
working capacity required in open industry.
Sheltered Workshop – refers to the places with special facilities for disabled workers,
where
income producing projects or homework schemes are available for the disabled to earn
a living
and acquire a working capacity required in open industry.
Social Barriers – refer to the characteristics of institutions, whether legal, economic,
cultural,
recreational or other, any human group, community, or society which limit the fullest
possible
participation of disabled persons in the life of the group. Social barriers include negative
attitudes, which tend to single out and exclude disabled persons and which materials
and
adaptations in facilities equipment.
Social Barriers – refers to a class generally for one type of a learner with special
needs
organized within the regular school and taught by a SPED teacher.
Special Education (SPED) – the type of education specifically designed for learners
with
special needs who can not profit maximally from regular education such that they
require trained
personnel, modifications in the caracula, teaching methods, instructional materials and
adaptations in facilities and equipment.
Special Education Needs – take the form of the need for one or more of the following:
(a) the
provision of special means of access to the curriculum through special equipments,
facilities or
resources, modification of the physical environment or specialized teaching techniques;
(b)
provision of a special or modified curriculum; (c) particular attention to the social
structure and
emotional climate in which education takes place (UNESCO), World Education Report,
1991)
Special Education Teacher – professionally trained educators teaching learners with
special
need.
Special Facilities – means the special environment devoid of architectural and
attitudinal or
social barriers that further incapacitate a disabled person to function as able as
possible. Said
facilities, likewise, refer to special equipment, gadgets, machineries and tools of
production
adapted to the residual capabilities of disabled persons.
Specialty – a particular, peculiar, or individual circumstances, detail or characteristics;
– a distinctive or sometimes a restrictive mark or quality
State University and Colleges – refer to duly establish learning or educational
institutions.
Stations – are designated covered or uncovered areas on the board or highways,
railways,
seaports, and airports along a route structure intended for loading and unloading
passengers and
cargo/es for a limited period of time where minimum passenger amenities are provided.