1 (n) Quality Education refers to the appropriateness, relevance and excellence of 2 the education given to meet the diverse needs and aspirations of learners with disabilities 3 and society. 4 (o) Related Services refer to support services which include, but not limited to, 5 linguistic solutions for deaf learners' concerns, speech-language pathology and audiology 6 services, interpreting services, intervenor services, psychological services, physical and 7 occupational therapy, recreation, social services, school health services, counseling and 8 rehabilitation services, orientation and mobility services, medical services, and 9 transportation services, as may be required to assist a learner with disability to fully enjoy 10 the rights and benefits from education services. 11 (p) Reasonable Accommodation refers to the necessary and appropriate 12 modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where 13 needed in a particular case, to ensure learners with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise 14 on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms including 15 their right to quality education. 16 (q) Special Education (SPED) refers to the customized instructional program or 17 service designed to meet the diverse needs of an individual learner with disability, which 18 may necessitate supplementary aids and services and teaching strategies In the 19 classroom or non-academic settings. They include instructions on physical and vocational 20 education, social skills developrhent, and basic survival needs, and providing reasonable 21 accommodations, modifications, adaptations, and Individualization, as needed. 22 geared towards the Inclusion of learners with disabilities into the general education 23 system that will enable them to realize their full potential and prepare them as 24 independent functioning members of society. It Is 25 (r) Teachers include all persons engaged in the classroom teaching of any 26 subject, including practical or vocational arts, at the elementary and secondary levels of 27 Instruction, guidance counselors, and persons performing instructional supervision in all 28 private or public education institutions, but shall not include school nurses, school 29 physicians, school dentists, school administrators, and other school administrative 30 support employees. These include child development teachers in CDCs, mobile or 31 itinerant teachers, teacher aides, all persons who are qualified to teach sign language or 32 Braille, and other persons as may be qualified by the Department of Education (DepEd)

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