Department of Education

REGION V
DIVISION OF LIGAO CITY
LIGAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Ligao City

 DepEd Order No. 23 s. 2022 or the CHILD FIND FOR LEARNERS WITH
DISABILITIES TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
 World Health Organization- International Classification of Functioning (ICF)
Disability and Heath Difficulty Indicators
The classification of learners in the Learners Information System (LIS)
are the following:

A. For learners with diagnosis from licensed medical specialists

A. Visual Impairment
B. Hearing Impairment
C. l,earning Disability
D. Intellectual Disability
E. Autism Spectrum Disorder
F. Emotional-Behavioral Disorder
G. Orthopedic/Physical Handicap
H. Speech/ Language Disorder
I. Cerebral Palsy
J. Special Health Problem/Chronic Disease
K. Multiple Disabilities

B. Learners without Medical Diagnosis but with manifestations

of disabilities (TEACHER’S OBSERVATION)

1 . Difficulty in Seeing
2. Difficulty in Hearing
3. Difficulty in Basic Learning and Applying Knowledge
4. Difficulty in Remembering, Concentrating, Paying
Attention and Understanding
5. Difficulty in Applying Adaptive Skills
6. Difficulty in Displaying Interpersonal Behavior
7. Difficulty in Mobility (Walking, Climbing and Grasping)
8. Difficulty in Communicating

Such access improves the life chances, available choices, and

valued contributions of every learner with special educational needs such
as:
•1. Difficulty in Displaying Interpersonal Behavior
o ➢ making friends and maintaining friends
o ➢ interacting with people in authority
o ➢ creating and maintaining family relationships

•2. Difficulty in Basic Learning & Applying Knowledge

 o ➢ Learning to read/write/count/calculate
o ➢ Acquiring skills (manipulating tools, learning names)
o ➢ Thinking
o ➢ Solving problems

•3. Difficulty in Communicating

o ➢ Understanding others (spoken, written, sign language)
o ➢ Producing messages
o ➢ Communicating with others
o ➢ Communicating using devices

•4. Difficulty in Mobility

o ➢ Staying in one position
o ➢ Changing a body position

•5. Difficulty in Hearing

o Hard of hearing
o Deaf/deafness
o Hearing loss
o
•6. Difficulty in Seeing
o Low vision/partially-sighted
o Blindness

•7. Difficulty in Remembering or Concentrating

o Has short attention span
o Has poor memory
o Has difficulty in comprehending situations in communication
o Is easily distracted around him
o Has difficulty in finishing work that has been started
o Perseverates or repeats unnecessary action
o Has reversals in written work
o Has difficulty in relating isolated facts into meaningful ideas

•8. Difficulty in Performing Adaptive Skills

o ➢ Washing oneself
o ➢ Care of body parts, teeth, nails, and hair
o ➢ Toileting
o ➢ Dressing and undressing
o ➢ Eating and drinking