Special and Inclusive Education

  LEARNING KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES “The goal of an inclusive education system is to provide all students with the most appropriate learning environments and opportunities for them to best achieve their potential.” (Alberta Education, 2010) Inclusive Education Inclusive Education is a learning environment where children with and without disabilities are taught together, as equals. This approach is different from more traditional approaches to the education of children with disabilities, such as the SPED model used in the Philippines, which involves segregating CWDs into separate classes or even separate schools. Inclusive Education is recognized by teachers, families, and policymakers to be a more beneficial way of ensuring that children with and without disabilities achieve their full educational potential.  Special Education in the Philippines ​ Special education started in the Philippines in 1907 with the establishment of the Insular School for the Deaf and the Blind, a residential schoo