When did special education start in the Philippines?

1907
Special education started in the Philippines in 1907 with the establishment of the Insular School for the Deaf and the Blind, a residential school located in Pasay City, Metro Manila, by Ms. Delia Delight Rice, an American educator.

What are some of the most important events that shaped the history of special education in the Philippines?

1927- The government established the Welfareville Children’s Village, a school for people with mental retardation in Mandaluyong. 1945- The National Orthopedic Hospital School for the Crippled Children and Youth is established. 1949- Quezon City Science High School was inaugurated for gifted students.

1902- The interest to educate Filipino children with disabilities was expressed through Mr. Fred Atkinson, the General Superintendent of Education. 1907- Special Education was formally started in the country by establishing the Insular School for the Deaf and Blind in Manila.

When did sped become legal in the Philippines?

2000- DECS Order No. 11, s. 2000 – Recognized Special Education (SPED) Centers in the Philippines 2002- An ongoing mobile teacher–training program by the Department of Education and the University of the Philippines trains regular and special education teachers on how to educate children with special needs.

When did special education start in the United States?

4.  In 1952, a pilot school for the SPED ( at the Phil. Women’s University) of mentally handicapped children was started. All children from this school were transferred to the Special Child Study Center in Cubao, Q.C. in 1957.

What was the education of the blind in the Philippines?

3.  An Act of Promote the EDUCATION of the blind in the Philippines which established teacher training course and Philippine National School for the Blind.  Philippine Normal College offered courses in Sped for teaching the blind in 1964 wherein 14 elementary teachers were selected for training.