Children At Risk of Special Education Program (CARSEP): Basis for Learning Resource Utilization and Proper Placement for Children with Special Needs

Children at Risk of Special Education Programs are children with special needs. This poses a threat to the general public education system because of the children's condition. Additionally, regular classroom teachers find it difficult to assess and determine who falls into this category. This can affect academic performance and influence the behaviour of other pupils in schools. Thus, it is important that we provide proper placement and accommodation suited for them. The objective of this action research is to identify and accommodate children at risk of special education programs in a general public-school setting, particularly at Guanzon-Balgos Elementary School. The data used in this investigation were their average grade, anecdotal records and intake sheets, data from the survey and checklist, parents’ observations, and the developmental pediatrician’s diagnostic results. Regular Classroom Teachers were provided with the idea of identifying children with special needs. Children at Risk of Special Education Programs or Identified Children with Special Needs will be catered to in this place, which will be conducted through a school-based Individual Education Plan (IEP) and proper placement of the child through a Resource Area.