Programs

Intervention Programs

Functional Behavior Assessment
Behavioral Therapy / Special Education Sessions
Pre-mainstreaming and Mainstream Support Services
Fast ForWord - Language/Comprehension Program
Social Skills Training
Vocational Skills Training
Adult Independent Living Training
Employment Competency Programs
Certificate Skills Completion Programs
Sheltered Workshop
Speech Therapy
Oral Placement Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Therapeutic Listening
Collaborative Home Management Programs
Case Management and Supervision
Para-professional Team Conferences
Extra-curricular Support Programs

COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Provide structured intervention programs to develop ability to communicate:

Verbally request for wants, negatation and seek assistance
Use of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to as means of communicative expression
Use combined means of expressions, through pictures, gestures and other augmentative forms of communication.
Social Language
Auditory processing

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Provide educational programs to teach:

Literacy skills
Numeracy skills
Discrimination skills
Decoding literature
Auditory processing
Reading
FastForWord - a computer -based program (Reading Assistant software program which combines advanced speech verification technology with scientifically-based interventions to help students strengthen their reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.)

PRE-VOCATIONAL and VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Working in an assembly line
Developing clerical work skills such as filing, handling office tools and equipment
Handicraft, packaging, storage, inventory
Functional literacy and numeracy
Computer literacy
Managing and enhancing vocation work behavior.

TRANSITION PROGRAMS
Training adult students in preparation for mainstream into a work environment:

Basic educational proficiency
Vocational skills training specific to the strengths of the student
Sheltered Workshop
Certificate of Skills Completion Programs in various areas of interest to build competency for specific job placements or free-lancing
On-campus internships
Contractual employment opportunities for graduated of our Transition Program

SENSORY AND ADAPTATION PROGRAMS
Address sensory deficits that interfere with the process of learning by modifying unusual behavioral response to stimuli: taste and olfactory, visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive and vestibular.

GROSS AND FINE MOTOR PROGRAMS
Provide program activities to develop the child's body:

Coordination
Balance
Strength
Endurance and speed
Eye-hand coordination
Finger dexterity

THERAPY PROGRAMS
Therapeutic programs to address developmental delays:

Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy
Oral Placement Therapy (Comprehensive scientifically-based intervention for speech clarity and feeding)
Physical Therapy

RECREATIONAL AND PLAY SKILLS PROGRAMS
Develop appropriate behavioral and skills for recreation:

Imitative and parallel play
Imaginative play
Social interactive play
Outdoor recreation
Extra-curricular programs - Music, Dance, Art, Yoga

HOME PROGRAMS
Parent/caregiver and teacher collaborative hands-on training home-based programs to address:

Behavioral performance
Independent functioning
Self-care skills
Generalization of learned skills
Adaptation skills

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Internship programs --- training for undergraduate and graduate students from Universities and Colleges
Parent/caregiver involvement programs --- hands-on application during child's sessions at the center
Parent/caregiver training --- orientations, in-house seminars and workshops on strategies for behavior management

OUTREACH PROGRAMS
We periodically have outreach activities to assist individuals or communities who are in need of intervention through free educational and therapy services, hands-on training, periodic case supervision in selected provincial areas catering to under-privileged families with limited access to special education providers in their communities.

Pampanga Thera-Free Mission
Laguna Thera-Free Mission
Relief Operations for Typhoon Victims - Shine organizes a fundraising projects with the assistance of our Individuals with special needs. We currently have two adopted communities in Ilolilo and Cebu