SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

2 Types of support services are extended to children with special needs:

1. Medical and Clinical Specialist

✓ Clinical Psychologist, School Psychologist, Psychometrician for
psychological testing
✓ Medical Doctor and Dentist for general check-up of all children.
✓ Ophthalmologist for all children especially those with blindness and low
vision
✓ Otologist or Otolaryngologist for all children especially those with
hearing loss, deafness, language and speech disorder.
✓ Neurologist and Child Psychiatrist for children with intellectual disability,
learning disabilities and emotional-behavioral disorders.
✓ Speech Therapist for all children with language and speech problem.
✓ Physical and Occupational Therapist for all children especially those
with physical disabilities.
✓ Interpreter for the deaf who communicates verbal activities to deaf
children through speech reading, sign language and gestures.
✓ Orientation and Mobility Instructor who teaches independent travel
techniques to blind children.

2. Assistive devices – are specialized instructional and learning materials and

equipment that enable children with special needs to function efficiently.
✓ For blind students: brille writer, braille slate and stylus, braille books,
braille watch, braille ruler and tape measure, braille calculator,
arithmetic slate, computer with voice synthesizer, embossed materials,
manipulative materials, talking books, tape recorder, braille paper.

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✓ For low vision students: large print books, large print, typewriter,
magnifying lenses, Grade I lined pad paper.
✓ For deaf students: individual hearing aid, sign language book, speech
kit, wall mirror, speech trainer, group hearing aid;
✓ For children with Intellectual Disability: teacher-made materials specific
to the Individual Education Plan (IEP) in the functional curriculum and
adaptive behavior skills; and
✓ For children with physical disabilities: mobility devices such as
wheelchair, braces and splints; adjustable desk, table and chair;
communication aids for speech, adapted computer system.

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