Our son's SPED journey in a public school has been practical, nurturing, and supportive; quality education without compromising his special needs.
Our son has been enrolled in a special education program in a local/nearby public school. Before that, he had been enrolled for about two years in the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) program in a private school. However, in one of our son’s developmental assessment, his developmental pediatrician suggested that we try enrolling him in a public school. The doctor told us that many public schools have a good SPED program and, contrary to other people’s notion, these classes are usually not crowded and slots are limited. As such, we are assured that we will still enjoy quality education without having to break our budget. We can just allot the budget to other programs like occupational therapy and speech therapy, both of which we have been continuing for our son for four years now.
Anyway, going back to our public school SPED experience, I can say that we are satisfied with how things are going for our son. I mean, hindi pa rin naming na-meet talaga yung 100% ng goal naming, which is for our son to learn how to speak (or transition from being non-verbal to verbal).
While we understand that it’s not really the core objective of his SPED class, we appreciate that his teacher (Teacher V) is doing her best to teach or encourage our son to talk. It was a welcome intervention to supplement our son’s speech therapy class. We also like that Teacher V is very hands-on and genuinely caring to her students.
Not only that, she would always encourage the parents and caregivers to take advantage of the free services available to them (or us). There are also activities of daily living like cooking or preparing ingredients, cleaning or packing up the children’s toys, as well as the usual singing and dancing school activities. Teacher V would always tell my son’s Tita that what she was hoping for is for our boy to talk. If that would happen, she would immediately “upgrade” him to third grade. Again, happy kami because Teacher V is sincere and very caring.
In terms of the school facilities, there is Wi-Fi in their classroom, there is a big LCD TV, the learning materials are complete, and there are also regular free school supplies coming from sponsors.
Their school is also active in organizing activities for children with special learning needs, such as the recent National Disability Week. Not only that, the school grounds is big, ideal for kids who are active and who like to play a lot.
So that’s our public school SPED experience. Maayos sya, masaya, and we don’t feel like we’re missing out on quality. Yes, it’s more practical, but we don’t feel like tinitipid namin and needs ng anak namin.
I hope we can have more free facilities for children with special needs. Mas marami pa sanang therapy centers for speech and occupational therapy kasi sobrang mahal talaga ng mga ito sa mga private schools. Mas maraming mga pamilyang matutulungan pag nagkaroon ng mga ito. Sana.
Care to share your public school experience if you have?
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