W OF

SPECIAL
EDUCATI
ON
• set of educational programs or services
designed to meet the particular needs of
exceptional children
• meets the needs of a given exceptional
child or a group of exceptional children
with educational plans and instrument
which will bring the individuals to the
highest level of his potential and capacity
Definition of Special
Education
• One who deviates from the
average child (1) In mental
characteristics (2) sensory abilities
The
(3) neuromuscular or physical
characteristics (4) social with
Exceptional
multiple handicaps

Child
Categories
of
Exceptiona
l Children
 Categories
1. Children with moderate and
severe general hearing
disabilities
2. Children with generally mild
learning disabilities
3. Children with superior
cognitive abilities
4. Children with hearing
disabilities
5. Children with visual
disabilities
Categories of Exceptional
Children
Traditional
(Classification
Nonadaptive educable,
trainable, custodial/ severely
mentally retarded
Adaptive, cultural familial
educable mentality retarded
Gifted, creative or talented
academically able
Deaf, hard of hearing
Educationally blind, partially
seeing
 6. Children with major
specific learning
disabilities
7. Children with
neuromotor and other
crippling and health
disabilities
8. Children with oral
communication disabilities
9. Children with behavioral
disabilities
Categories of Exceptional
Children
Minimal brain injured
perceptually
handicapped
Cerebral palsied, epileptic,
orthopedically
handicapped, crippled
Speech impaired, language
handicapped
Emotionally disturbed,
socially maladjusted, drug
dependent
 Basic Tems in Special
Education: Developmental
Disability, Impairment or
Disability, Handicapped and
At Risk
Developmental disability
refers to a severe, chronic
disability of a child five
years of age or older that
is:
1. Attributable to a mental or physical
impairment
2. Manifested before the person attains age
22
3. Likely to continue indefinitely
4. Results in substantial functional
limitations in three or more of the
areas of major life activities
5. Reflects the persons need for a
combination and sequence of
special care, treatment or other
services
Impairment or
disability refers to
reduced function or lost of a
specific part of the body or
organ
Handicap refers to a problem a
person with a disability or impairment
encounters when interacting with
people, events and the physical aspects
of the environment
At risk refers to children
who have greater chances
than other children to
develop a disability
• Established risk are those with cerebral palsy,
down syndrome, and other conditions that are
started during pregnancy

• Biological risk are those who are born

prematurely, underweight at birth, whose mother
contracted diabetes or rubella during the first
trimester of pregnancy or who had bacterial

Categories of
infections like meningitis and HIV

Children At Risk
 Environmental risk results from
extreme poverty, child abuse, absence
of adequate shelter and medical care,
parental and substance abuse, limited
opportunities for nurturant and social
stimulation.

egories of Children At Risk