Assessment of Exceptional Children

1191 Words5 Pages
ASSESSMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN The historical events that took place and shaped the educational system of America played a huge impact on our own system in the Philippines. Our educational structure is practically patterned after that of the United States. In the 1900s, the interest to educate the Filipino children with disabilities was expressed during the American Regime and it was an American who first administrated and taught in the special education school in the Philippines. (Inciong, 2007). Hence, most of our program for special education such as training program and assessment are based from that of the US as well as our laws and educational policies that are being implemented. However, certain limitations such as the quality and quantity of our teaching preparation and resources among others have placed us behind and we are still trying to cope to what is currently trending in the other country. Furthermore, there is no comprehensive law that mandates special education in the Philippines despite the number of laws that recognize the rights of exceptional children as our county is still thriving for the provision of more facilities for the growing population in the general education which has been a chronic challenge for the government. Public Law 94-142, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), was enacted in 1975 in America. This revolutionized the system of education then as it has affected every school in the country and has transformed the roles of regular and special education teachers, administrators and parents. IDEA is a legislation on the education of children with disabilities which stated that exceptional children be treated like all other citizens with the same rights and privileges. This legislation suggested that all children be provided with free appropriate public education (FAPE) regardless of type or
Open Document