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(n) Quality Education refers to the appropriateness, relevance and excellence of
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the education given to meet the diverse needs and aspirations of learners with disabilities
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and society.
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(o) Related Services refer to support services which include, but not limited to,
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linguistic solutions for deaf learners' concerns, speech-language pathology and audiology
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services, interpreting services, intervenor services, psychological services, physical and
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occupational therapy, recreation, social services, school health services, counseling and
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rehabilitation services, orientation and mobility services, medical services, and
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transportation services, as may be required to assist a learner with disability to fully enjoy
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the rights and benefits from education services.
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(p) Reasonable Accommodation refers to the necessary and appropriate
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modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where
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needed in a particular case, to ensure learners with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise
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on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms including
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their right to quality education.
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(q) Special Education (SPED) refers to the customized instructional program or
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service designed to meet the diverse needs of an individual learner with disability, which
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may necessitate supplementary aids and services and teaching strategies In the
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classroom or non-academic settings. They include instructions on physical and vocational
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education, social skills developrhent, and basic survival needs, and providing reasonable
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accommodations, modifications, adaptations, and Individualization, as needed.
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geared towards the Inclusion of learners with disabilities into the general education
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system that will enable them to realize their full potential and prepare them as
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independent functioning members of society.
It Is
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(r) Teachers include all persons engaged in the classroom teaching of any
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subject, including practical or vocational arts, at the elementary and secondary levels of
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Instruction, guidance counselors, and persons performing instructional supervision in all
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private or public education institutions, but shall not include school nurses, school
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physicians, school dentists, school administrators, and other school administrative
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support employees. These include child development teachers in CDCs, mobile or
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itinerant teachers, teacher aides, all persons who are qualified to teach sign language or
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Braille, and other persons as may be qualified by the Department of Education (DepEd)