PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (PWD’s)
As we have begun our New Academic Year at our Guanella Center I would like give a picture of our activities to the people who are collaborative and co-operative in our mission. On the 1st week of June, we began our Physical Therapy for our resident children; walk-in clients may join them for activities in this new Academic year. There are 20 beneficiaries who receive physical therapy rehabilitation at our Center regularly.
LEARNING PROGRAM
With regard to Learning Pro
gram, the students underwent Entrance Exams, oral and written. After succeeding in Entrance Exam they enrolled for school last June 15. Total number of learning program students are 68, 38 of them are kindergarten and 30 in preparatory. In comparison to the total number of students last year which only reached 29 in both kindergarten and preparatory age, (2009-2010), this year garnered more students.
SPED (Special Education)
On the s
ame day as the Learning Program, SPED class also commenced. There were 13 pupils in the class of Mrs. Flordeliza Bumacod who is in- charge of non-graded school children with disabilities. Under this Program there are four students with autism, two children with Down syndrome, two children with Osteogenesis Imperfect, two MR, one mentally challenged, one with Cerebral Palsy and one with Speech delayed.
Hearing and Speech Impairments
Under the Hearin
g and Speech Impairment Program of Mr Marvin Lava, there were 11 hearing and speech impaired students.
After sharing about our activities at our Center in this new Academic Year, I feel happy that our mission has been more flourishing and fostering. It is the blessing of God that has been vibrant in doing our mission at our Center. Therefore, let us keep praying to the Lord that he might bless all ways and steps that we take to edify and empower the underprivileged students at our Center.
- Fr. Antonisamy Selvaraj
