Sindangan Special Education (SPED) Center

is situated inside the campus of Sindangan

Pilot Demonstration School of the town of
Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, about 200
meters away from the National Highway. It was
organized by an OAS-SPED trained principal in UP
Diliman, Mr. Remegio G. Luy last June 2002. This
is the pioneering SPED Center in the division of
Zamboanga del Norte.
• The Center caters children with different
exceptionalities namely; GT Learners, Learning
Disabled, Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired,
Mentally Challenged, Children with Autism and
Behavioral Problem and Special Health Problem.
• Presently, the school is managed by the principal
Dr. Miela H. De Gracia with the help of the
Teacher In-charge at the same time teacher of
the Visually Impaired pupils, Mrs. Ma. Umbelina
B. Palma with twenty-one (21) trained and
committed teachers who are all nationally funded
and eight (8) of whom are given SPED teacher
items.
• Under the tutelage of 21 teachers, the Children
with Special Needs (CSNs) are taught in school
with clean and conducive classrooms, with toilets,
light, water and proper ventilation.
• The Center is also very lucky to be a recipient of
the SPED Support Fund and so blessed to have
very supportive parents, LGU and NGO’s who are
so concern of the different programs and projects
of the school by giving their financial assistance as
well as moral support for the benefits and welfare
of the CSNs.
 Every child with special
needs shall acquire
appropriate education that
suits to his needs for his full
participation in the
mainstream of the society
without being discriminated.
 To provide maximum learning
skills and knowledge as well as the
inculcation of values to every child
with special needs in order to
develop his full potential and to
enable him to become self-reliant
and shall be geared towards
providing him with the
opportunities for a full and happy
life.
 To produce well-rounded
individuals that will become
productive members of the
society; to mainstream children
with special needs into the
regular school system and
eventually in the community;
and to address the special needs
of the Filipino children who are
gifted and talented.
 To develop and maximize the learning competencies
as well as the inculcation of values to make the learners with
special needs useful and effective member of the society.
• To provide assessment program for the appropriate
placement of children with special needs.

• To develop basic skills, safe working habits, wholesome

personal traits and attitudes that lead them to productive
work.
• To prepare all pupils, regardless of their exceptionalities to
function independently and productively as possible in their
homes, place of work and in the community.

• To prepare all the children with special needs to inclusion.

• To intensify the family and community involvement for

qualitative special education services through SPED
Parent Learning support system.
 Gifted/Talented (GT) Learners
 Regular Learners
 Learners with Special Educational Needs (LSENs):
 Learners with Difficulty in Seeing
 Learners with Multiple Disabilities
with Visual Impairment
 Learners with Difficulty in Hearing
 Learners with Difficulty in
Remembering and Concentrating
 Transition Program
 Learners with Difficulty in Applying
Knowledge
 Communication Disorder
 Special Health Problem
 Attention Deficit Hyperactive
Disorder
 Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
 Physically Handicapped (Amputee,
Cerebral Palsy)
 Globally Developmental Delay
 Multiple Handicapped
 Head start
 Gifted & Talented (GT) Learners
 Regular Class
Pull-out System (for the learners with L.D enrolled in regular class)
 Special Class or self Contained (V.I, H.I, I.D, LWA, etc.)
Early Intervention Program
Children’s Program
Sheltered Workshop (Vocational Skills)/Transition Program
 Integration and Mainstreaming Program
Partial Integration/Mainstreaming
 Full Integration/Full Mainstreaming
 Fine and Visual Motor Skills
 Connecting Dots  Puzzle
 Scribbling  Squeeze ball
 Coloring  Tracing
 Manipulating Clay  Stringing beads
 Shoe lacing  Sorting
 Buttoning  Cutting
 Pasting
Gross Motor Skills
 Walking on obstacle course
 Walk on beam/straight line
 Catching throwing balls
 Tile-Walking
 Parallel-Walking
Daily Living Skills (Self-Help)
 Self-caring
 Proper eating
 Tooth brushing
 Dressing up
 Wearing shoes and tying shoe lace
 Toileting
Behavior Management
 Sitting
 Listening
 Imitating actions
 Eliminating Screaming
Interpersonal Skills
 Identifying oneself
 Identifying family members
 Greeting
 Making friends
 Playing with others
Pre-Academic
 Colors, shapes
 Counting objects
 Matching numeric numbers to
number name in words
 Reading number figures and in
words
 Writing activities
 Good grooming
 Good moral characters/values
 Writing, reading, review
 Practical Arts/Workshop
 Pangkabuhayan/panghanap-buhay
Gardening, cooking, selling, carpentry
 Giving of Vitamin A
 Physical and Dental Check-up
 Feeding Program (occasional)
 Bright smile - bright future
 Deworming
• The National Schools Maintenance Week,
observed every May/June of each year.
• To prepare the school for classes in June.
 MTAP Program (Mathematics
Teachers Association of the
Philippines)
 Fun Day
 NDPR Celebration (National
Disability Prevention
Rehabilitation)
 Nutrition Culmination
 White Cane Celebration
 English Com. Arts
 Buwan ng Wika
 BSP/GSP Activities
 MTB-MLE Festival
 Journalism Enhancement
 Supplementary Feeding
 SPG (School-Pupil
Government)
 Valentines Day
 Palaro
 Head start
MALE FEMALE TOTAL Regular Class
13 14 27 GRADE MALE FEMALE TOTAL

 Fast Learners/GT KINDER 15 13 28

GRADE MALE FEMALE TOTAL I 14 14 28

I II 14 11 25
16 19 35
II III 14 11 25
7 20 27
III IV 19 13 32
14 18 32
IV V 19 11 30
15 18 33
V VI 17 14 31
11 20 31
VI TOTAL 112 87 199
16 18 24
TOTAL 79 113 182
Special Class (LSENs)
Disabilities Self-Contained Pull-Out Early Intervention
M F T M F T M F T
H.I. – A 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
H.I. – B 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
I.D,B.P,G.D.D,A.
D.H.D, CP
-A 6 6 12 1 0 1 0 0 0
-B 6 7 13 0 1 1 0 0 0
-C 6 1 7 3 1 4 0 0 0
LWA,MH – A 8 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
-B 7 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
V.I/M.D.V.I 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 1 1
TRANSITION 5 1 6 4 0 4 0 0 0
TOTAL (LSENs) 48 27 75 11 3 14 0 1 1
 SPED and Regular Classes Total Population
LEVEL MALE FEMALE TOTAL
Head start/Kinder 28 27 55
I 30 33 63
II 21 31 52
III 28 29 57
IV 34 31 65
V 30 31 61
VI 33 32 65
TOTAL 204 214 418
LSENs 48 27 75
GRAND TOTAL 252 241 493
 Learners’ with
Special Educational GT / FL  Regular Class
Needs (LSENs)
LEVEL NO. OF LEVEL NO. OF
CLASSES CLASSES
DISABILITIES NO. OF
CLASSES Head start 1 Kinder 1
I.D, D.S, B.P, G.D.D I 1 I 1
3
A.D.H.D, C.P II 1 II 1
C.W.A / M.H 2 III 1 III 1
H.I. 2 IV 1 IV 1
V.I. / M.D.V.I 1 V 1 V 1
Transition 1 VI 1 VI 1
TOTAL 9 TOTAL 7 TOTAL 7
 Summary of the Number of Classes
LEVEL SPED REGULAR TOTAL
Head start/Kinder 1 1 2
I 1 1 2
II 1 1 2
III 1 1 2
IV 1 1 2
V 1 1 2
VI 1 1 2
LSENs 9 0 9
TOTAL 16 7 23
GRADE FULL PARTIAL TOTAL
M F T M F T M F T
I 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
II 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3
III 3 1 4 0 3 3 3 4 7
IV 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 4
V 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
VI 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
TOTAL 10 2 12 2 5 7 12 7 19
 OTHER PULL-OUT SYSTEM SELF-CONTAINED
PROGRAMS/ PROGRAN
INSTITUTION
M F T M F T
ALS 1 1 2 0 0 0
Grade I - SPDS 1 0 1 0 0 0
Early Intervention 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL 2 1 3 0 1 1
 DR. MIELA H. DE GRACIA
School Principal III
MA. UMBELINA B. PALMA
SPED Chairperson

Head Start Academic Children with Special

/KINDER
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Teacher Needs
EMERIN MA. UMBELINA B. PALMA
CELIA D. VEVERLY J. DORIS V. LYDIA T. OPHELIA B. GINALYN N.
WATATWA MRS. MURCIA
BERMAS ALCANTARA MONTEJAR DAMAOLAO CARUMBA DATARO CALUMPANG MT-II
SPET-I T-I
SPET-I T-I MT-I MT-I MT-II T-III
SOLIE D. CARINO
SPET-I
JORIZZA A. EVELYN R. LEA B. MARIA TERESA MINDALYN ARLENE
SORRONDA VIDAL PACULBA P. JAMORA M. ARIP BARINAGA MARCELINA L. TRIAMBULO
T-III T-I T-III T-II T-II MT-II SPET-I

AGUSTINA P. MAGALSO
MT-II

ROBBE JOY J. LACIO

SPET-I

HEZEL B. BALBUENA
T-III

DIANNE B. SAGA
SPET-I

GRETCHEL P. FABRA
T-I

GCELDVINE JIL L. TRIAMBULO

T-I
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Mini clay dough
Plastic bottles for
Christmas décor…

Plastic wrappers for

pillows!
Cooking vegetables..

Flower pot – making

Fence-making

Harvest time
The motorcade…
Getting ready for the program.

Dance Presentation by the LSENs.

Feeding time!

RHU Sindangan
Deworming and distributing of vitamins
 Ukay-ukay…

Hair cutting with Caloy and Adam

With their neat and clean Eco-friendly couture
School uniform..

Sports attire Trendy wear

 Grade VIII – H.I.
LWA – of Ms. Robbe Joy LWLD – of Ms. Hezel B.
Learner of Mr. Maynard
J. Lacio Balbuena
A. Magalso
 Tula “AKO AY MAY ALAGA”

H.I. Lip reading LWA Pagbasa

 Giving the letter sounds (I.D.)
Niño reciting “Pussy Cat”
During the parade..

Attending the program…

 LSENs in their tent

While cooking their food ...

Eating lunch together.

- Partipant in Palarong Pambansa 2017
 “THE ONLY
DISABILITY
IN LIFE
IS A
BAD ATTITUDE.”

-SCOTT HAMILTON