How to handle kids with special needs

MANILA, Philippines -  Patricia Muñoz, a fully credentialed special education teacher in California will hold a SPED seminar on Utilizing Effective Strategies to Serve the Needs of Special Children on Feb. 6. Other seminars she will conduct are Preparing an Effective Individualized Education Plan (IEP), a Vital Tool in the SPED Program on Feb.13; Implementing an Effective Inclusion Program for Children with Special Needs, Feb. 20; Creative Music, a Powerful Therapy Intervention for Children with Special Needs, Feb. 27, with co-facilitators Donna Lim and Raymond Lee of Within Events and Music School; How to Cope When Your Child or Student is Special, March 6; and Utilizing Instructional and Curricular Modifications for Special Needs Students in an Inclusion Program, March 13.

Seminars and classes will be held at Protégé SPED Center: Unit F, third floor, 732 N.S. Amoranto St. (formerly Retiro) near cor. Sto. Domingo Ave., Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City with tel. nos 0918-3588855; 576-0869; 434-6064. Seminar hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration starts 8 a.m. Weekday classes on the above modules and Basic Sign Language may be conducted as per arrangement. Protégé offers tutorials, therapy services, educational assessments and consultancy on setting up special education schools and programs. For details, call Protégé or e-mail [email protected].