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We all know how important education is, hence as a futurre teacher, I would like the people to know that education is not just for normal people but it is for everyone. Urge them, encourage them, and show them that they can and will learn no matter what they have. Show them that if they have the will to learn then they can truely achieve what they want no matter what challenges and hindrances they might face. At the same time be their support system and help them achieve their goals.

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I do believe that an encouraging learning environment and a teacher who will value a learner's intrinsic motivation will help them reach their fullest potential. As a future ECE teacher, this will only be possible if I radiate positivity and offer them variety of learning opportunities that lacks favoritism, allows them to share their thoughts and opinions comfortably, and explore more about their capabilities.

-Teacher Larissa Faith R. Carina

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I want to provide an encouraging and safe environment for them to feel that they are loved and we as part of their microsystem are here to support and believe to their capabilities.

Alyanna Yutiga

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As a future educator, I want to establish an anti-bias environment wherein all learners, regardless of their differences, will have ample opportunities for their growth and development. I want to make sure that there are programs that will include learners of different types. - Aira Delas Alas

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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As a future educator, I believe that understanding how to interact and engage with children is necessary. My advocacy is for teachers to have specialized training with an emphasis on pupils with intellectual disabilities. We must understand this because we will be in charge of managing the classroom and planning activities that will enrich them as well. Furthermore, it is important to have regular teacher seminar programs that will address the needs of students with intellectual disabilities. I believe it is necessary because these children may or may not display other symptoms that we are not prepared for therefore we must be equipped with knowledge and skills to deal with them. Children must feel understood and valued in the classroom, and I believe this is a critical role we play in their early years of education.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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As a pre-service teacher, I advocate the implementation of specialized teacher training and seminar focused on teaching children with Intellectual Disabilities for those who wishes to know more about this matter. Personally, it is essential for us teachers to develop our love for learning. It does not end inside the four corners of the classroom. We also have to continuously equip ourselves with knowledge and hone our skills to give our learners the best learning experience possible. Attending seminars and trainings about handling students with ID will help teachers to deeply understand the child's situation, thus it will give them various ideas about what objectives, instructional materials, and assessment will they create to ensure every child's progress at their own pace.  The more knowledge teachers gain from workshops, the more the students benefit from all their hard work, with, of course, collaboration with each learner's parents.

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Remove Barriers and Promote Inclusive Education in Rural Areas in PH

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Remove Barriers and Promote Inclusive Education in Rural Areas in PH

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One thing that comes to my mind is to help the young learners to teach the basic education in rural areas. Why? It is because it is a challenging, yet fulfilling part of a teacher. Yes, it has limited resources, inadequate facilities, and low diversity. We know that there are a lot of challenges So it is my advocacy to help those young learners to remove the barriers to discrimination and mistreatment in their community having that impairment especially when I have a student with an intellectual disability. I want to have class inclusion among children in rural areas including teaching them to promote equality and equity and have a local community engagement through advocating inclusive education in their community.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Honestly speaking, before I move on how the children will learn in the classroom, I would like to first build trust, respect and good communication with the students and them with their classmates. I believe that these traits are really important for the learners to have an environment where they can be comfortable and safe which can allow them to feel more confident in themselves. Also, as a future educator, my advocacy to help learners with intellectual disability is to create specialized lesson plans which includes activities that are appropriate to all kinds of learners and create facilities that can cater all their needs. Through this, all learners including those with ID will have an equal opportunity on showing their talents and skills and receive quality education that are appropriate for them to be able to reach their highest potential. I would also like to build a strong communication between all the parents to raise awareness with regards of the different kind of learners that their children can encounter and how they can encourage their children to understand and choose their action correctly through having meetings and programs. I will aim for a diverse environment that will break all the barriers and has appropriate methods to be able for all the children to be life long learners with empathy and compassion.

- Longcop, Jeannel O.

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Equality means that all students have the same opportunities to learn, regardless of their academic standing. As a result, when we talk about equal opportunities, we discuss the intersection of and respect for differences. In short, as a future educator, I want to promote equality for my pupils and others around me. I want to show them that persons with intellectual impairments, or kids with intellectual disabilities, are just as wonderful as they are. I also want to assist kids and people with intellectual disabilities in feeling equal to the rest of us. Because I believe it will boost their confidence and make them feel more appreciated.

- Erika Chelsea Balbuena

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Equality means that all students have the same opportunities to learn, regardless of their academic standing. As a result, when we talk about equal opportunities, we discuss the intersection of and respect for differences. In short, as a future educator, I want to promote equality for my pupils and others around me. I want to show them that persons with intellectual impairments, or kids with intellectual disabilities, are just as wonderful as they are. I also want to assist kids and people with intellectual disabilities in feeling equal to the rest of us. Because I believe it will boost their confidence and make them feel more appreciated.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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As a future teacher, I believe there is something to learn from every individual regardless of age, ability, or other qualifying factors. My advocacy is to use active listening to assist students with intellectual disabilities and recognize that they have different communication styles. I think when students feel that their teacher is interested in and listening to their preferences, interests, and perspectives, this makes students feel cared for and connected to their school. Also, feeling connected builds a relationship of trust between student and teacher, which is also necessary for students’ motivation to learn.

- Versoza, Geraldine A.

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Teaching Students with Learning Disability

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Teaching Students with Learning Disability

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We have an unprecedented challenge as educators and parents: figuring out how to reach and teach different learners. It's not an easy task. However, for many of our pupils, it is crucial.

The key to success in assisting students with intellectual disabilities is engagement.

Because learning isn't a physical location. It's a collaboration between the teacher and the pupil.

A positive relationship is the most powerful driver of engagement. We can't expect children to learn unless they are linked. Engagement is fueled by connection, both in person and online. Any instructor will tell you that developing a positive relationship with a student is crucial for motivation and effort. We may also use this positive interaction to increase engagement, connection, and support among special-needs students.

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As a future educator aspiring to work in child psychology, my advocacy is to provide sustainable and consistent support for students with intellectual disabilities. I believe this can be achieved through a holistic approach between teachers, parents, community, and government. If adults or the ones that are helping the children shape their future are stable then all children can have a brighter future. Collaboration must be strengthened so that we may also provide holistic education to young students with ID or any other students, diminishing the gap and restrictions that may be imposed by their conditions. Ensuring equal access and opportunity to learn with their peers, as well as promoting a love for learning.

- Rembulat, Quiela Louis P.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Personally, before moving on to the academic area, I think it is very important to establish trust and respect between the children and the teacher. Because through this way, they are going to be more comfortable and motivated to learn in an environment where they are embraced and not being treated as outcasts by their superiors and fellow students. This process will also help them go through the learning process with the help on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, and additional interventions for them to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge despite the difficulties that may occur.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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As a future teacher, my advocacy is to help learners with intellectual disability by implementing strategies that will cater to an inclusive classroom. I envision them to be accepted in the classroom or school setting. It is also my duty to help and educate other people about becoming more accepting and reduce prejudices against this type of learners. I advocate for children to learn through using appropriate methods that caters to their needs or in ways they will learn meaningfully.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities 

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My advocacy as a future teacher is to be the bridge of learners with intellectual disabilities for an inclusive education where every child’s special needs are met, every families are empowered to give voice to their children, and every parents are partners of the institution on creating individualized education programs (IEPs) for special students and reinforcing learning from schools to homes. I aim for all practices and facilities to be made available to all, catering individual needs and modifying instructions to assist every struggling child. We will break barriers, shape learners, and make best practices and learning available to each child.

- Caranhel Mendoza

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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My advocacy as a future early childhood teacher is to adapt classroom practices to meet the needs of children with intellectual disabilities. Academic instruction is the most prevalent area where students with mild intellectual disabilities require adjustments in the general education classroom. They require aid with the acquisition of basic skills and work habits, as well as the application of these skills in everyday life and work situations.

- CABAYAO, Christine B.

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Collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators

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Collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators

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In the future, I aspire to be a teacher that provides quality inclusive education by being educated in this field and sharing it to teachers and parents. As our education system faces a lot of constraints in catering to them, I advocate for strong collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators. With this, teachers can be knowledgeable in planning the programs carefully with a balance in meeting the needs of both mainstream and students with special needs.

- ASIADO, Princess N.

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Collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators

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Collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators

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In the future, I aspire to be a teacher that provides quality inclusive education by being educated in this field and sharing it to teachers and parents. As our education system faces a lot of constraints in catering to them, I advocate for strong collaboration between mainstream teachers and special educators. With this, teachers can be knowledgeable in planning the programs carefully with a balance in meeting the needs of both mainstream and students with special needs.

- ASIADO, Princess N.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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As a future teacher, I advocate for the implementation of specialized lesson plans that would provide learners with intellectual disabilities more opportunities to demonstrate their talents and interests through hands-on or experiential activities. This type of lesson plan can also help teachers adjust and modify it based on the students' abilities and understanding.

- Lanzuela, Lara Mae S.

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability

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As a future teacher, my advocacy to help learners with intellectual disability is through requiring schools to have a different or specialized instructions, specifically for learners with intellectual disability. These instructions would be modified in a way learners with ID could understand. In this way, we would be able to help learners with ID to really grasp the instructions as they may have difficulty in understanding unlike other learners.

- Eusebio, Louis Jane G.