Educational Assessment of Students with Additional Needs
This textbook will give upcoming teachers, parents, and caregivers of children with special needs in-depth knowledge and understanding of special education through organized lessons and activities about the assessment of students with additional needs. It offers both regular and special education teachers a guide on the appropriate assessment for referral and proper educational placement for students with additional needs. Future educators will be able to provide their utmost support and assistance to children with additional needs and ensure the provision of quality, inclusive, and empowering education to which these children are entitled. This textbook will also enable education students to understand and appreciate the complexity of learners with additional needs through an interactive and challenging learning experience in each lesson. This textbook is written with two primary audiences in mind: those preparing to be special education teachers and those preparing to be general educators. Given the current movement toward inclusive education, special education teachers and general educators must be prepared to understand these learners and be ready to provide appropriate programming for them.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tina Amor Villapando-Buhat
Dr. Villapando-Buhat earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Far Eastern University-Manila and has a doctorate in Guidance and Counseling from Philippine Normal University-Manila, with 19 years of solid experience in varied counseling techniques. She was granted Provisional Member Counsellor status by the New Zealand Association of Counsellors. She is a registered guidance counselor, a registered psychometrician, and a licensed secondary teacher. She has been an educator for more than 23 years and has also taught subjects in Special Education and Guidance and Counseling. Additionally, she taught subjects in General Psychology and other Social Science topics at the tertiary level. Her exposure to administrative work and classroom experience deepened her knowledge of curriculum development for special education and guidance, as well as her skills in the administration and interpretation of psychological tests and some projective techniques. She is currently working as a counsellor at the Counselling Services Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
Sheena Jade G. Manuel
She earned her Bachelor in Elementary Education with a specialization in Special Education and her Master of Arts in Education, major in Special Education, from the Philippine Normal University-Manila, graduating in 2007 and 2015, respectively. She is also a candidate for a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the same university. In recognition of her excellent work as a special education teacher, she was awarded the Most Outstanding Teacher in 2015 and 2016. Currently, she works in the Bureau of Curriculum Development—Special Curricular Programs Division of the Department of Education as a Supervising Education Program Specialist (SEPS), assigned as a K to 3 specialist and focal person in charge of the Special Education Curriculum. In this capacity, she spearheads the development, validation, and finalization of various curricula that cater to the needs of special children. In addition to her professional and teaching experience, she has authored books about special education at the tertiary level. She is also involved in publishing relevant research in the field of curriculum studies, published locally and abroad.
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