One of the greatest challenges
for parents in raising a family is the chance of having special children with
very particular needs. The developmental pace of these little ones’ growth may
be different from that of other children, to the point where they may be
figuratively “left behind”, slower in learning the basic skills of
communication like speaking, reading and writing. While parents could mean
well, at times they might be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of attention
needed to see their special children prosper and get along in society.
This is where the concept of
special education (SPED) comes in, from both public and private institutions
with custom learning programs for each child. Here in General Santos City, one
of the new rising stars of private SPED institutes looking to give the best
service for those wonderfully unique young ones is the J.A. Bernal Center for
Exceptional Children.
The JABCEC was established on
October 24, 2014 by its Director Jaybee Bernal, one of GSC’s foremost experts
in SPED. This is interesting as Mr. Bernal didn’t initially decide to make a
career of helping exceptional children as he does now. Originally planning to
become a doctor, a choice of Psychology as a requisite course in Premed,
followed by a visit to a SPED school in Dumaguete, opened to him a new path.
Finishing with an Education Master’s Degree Majoring in SPED at UP Diliman,
along with 12 years’ practical experience as a special educator in Manila, Mr.
Bernal now regularly commutes between there and General Santos City for an
alternating two weeks as he consults on new cases of special children being brought
to his attention.
Now well past their second year
and operating from a new address, the JA Bernal Center continues its push to
see through its vision to become the leading SPED center not just in GenSan but
in Mindanao by means of providing the best practice to give the best service to
developmentally challenged children and their families. Their “students” are
mostly referred to them by the families’ doctors for “intervention”. In
addition to special education the center provides other services in speech and
occupational therapy, language courses, and psychiatric help. Their child
development program encompasses the formation of work behavior, encouraging
receptive and expressive language, cognition, and the honing of motor and fine
motor skills. Not only the children but their parents receive instruction in
the SPED program, the better for the young one’s families to continue their
development at home.
Sessions at the center last
anywhere from one to two hours, with days of attendance being anywhere from
once to twice a week, and scheduled from Monday to Saturday. Mr. Bernal is ably
assisted in the task of intervention and education by a “faculty” of five
special education experts, all bold, engaging, resilient, nurturing, accepting,
and loving of their duties, responsibilities and their many various charges
throughout the week. Intervention usually ends when Mr. Bernal and his fellow
instructors deem a child ready to take an assessment test to gauge their
improvement in their various fields of development. Promising results are then
forwarded to the children’s physician, who may then discuss the child’s future
in the wider world with his family.
Even with the JA Bernal Center
already having a full plate of special children that rely on their aid and guidance,
Mr. Bernal sees even more room for growth in the Center. He plans in the coming
years to expand their purview from school-aged special children to older teens
and grown adults. In their case, it’s hoped that the center can also provide
them with enough training to qualify them for basic employment. They can be
taught to work handicrafts for instance, and certain foreign companies for
example have also found gainful work for developmentally challenged grown-ups
at assembly line jobs where they might excel at routine and repetitive actions.
The future looks bright and full of possibilities for Mr. Bernal and his labor
of love, something that many special people and their folks would most
certainly appreciate.
For more inquiries on what the JA
Bernal Center for Exceptional Children can do for any special child you know,
come visit them at their institute at the third floor of the Santanna Medical
Plaza next to St. Elizabeth Hospital, along Santiago Boulevard, General Santos
City.
Photos grabbed from JB Bernal's Facebook page.
Photos grabbed from JB Bernal's Facebook page.
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