A program designed by the department of education for individuals nor attending formal schools. ALS is originally developed for the purpose of educating out-of-school-youth so that they can obtain in their diploma without attending a regular school.

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PCDP’s partnership with DepEd, it is now possible to give ALS to kids with disabilities making them at par with those who are attending regular schools. With ALS, exceptional kids who are eligible can finish grade school and high school education in one of our Centers.

A three level program that focuses on language development:

• Level I – the goal is the development of a kid’s imitation skills, build vocabularies, basic expressive language and other school related skills, such as identifying colors, shapes, letters, numbers, etc.

• ·Level II – the focus is the enhancement and strengthening of all the skills developed during the previous level by developing the kid’s reasoning skills, ability to answer open-ended questions, providing opportunities for storytelling among others. Likewise, drills on improving social interaction skills and pre academic skills are conducted in this level.

• Level III – designed for those who have mastered level I and level II. Level III focuses in developing the skills needed so that the kid cam imitate a peer’s play language. Likewise, skill that would enhance his abilities to follow the instructions, identify objects and state what is common among them are tapped. The program also targets critical thinking skills drills on recalling read stories; answering questions related to the stories are conducted. In addition, they will be taught how to understand and consider the context of the opinion of others and deduce methods on how to solve everyday problems. Emphasis is also given on improving one’s academic skills.

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• Screaming and throwing tantrums

• Running around all the time, manifesting self-stimulatory behaviors (rocking, spinning, etc.)

• Repeating others’ statement insensibly

• Often says “no” or does the opposite of what is asked

• Impatient and/or gets easily frustrated

• Having difficult playing and getting along with others

• Problems in decision making

• Bossy and demanding

• Not interested in pleasing parents

• Talks too much or too loud

• Too anxious

• Has excessive and/or unreasonable fears

• Easy distracted or lacks focus

• Doing everything quickly and clumsily

• Unaware of others feelings

• Violent manifestation of anger, like biting, kicking, throwing objects, spitting, hitting, etc.