A total of 648 schools nationwide have been allowed by the Department of Education (DepEd) to offer the Special Education (SPED) program that provides the necessary educational interventions for students with certain exceptionalities. Of these schools, both SPED centers and regular schools or DepEd schools, 471 are catering to elementary students and 177 are catering to high school students. Itinerant Teaching – a traveling teacher reaches out to children with special needs in other schools or at home to provide direct and consultative services;3. Integration/Mainstreaming – refers to the enrolment of a child with special needs in a regular class with support services. Meanwhile, in Full Integration/Mainstreaming, a child with special needs sits in the regular class in all academic and non-academic subjects; and6.

Source: Manila Times February 25, 2017 17:05 UTC