A school for solely children with behavioral problems is pretty much a disaster in the making. By principle, I don't like kids with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) clumped up in the same classroom. Rather, I'd prefer that they be part of an inclusive set-up, where a child with EBD will be placed in a classroom of regular kids. So when we went to Silahis ng Katarungan (SiKat) and heard that they offer inclusive set-ups for children with EBD and those at-risk, we had high hopes of seeing inclusivity properly implemented in the classroom setting.
PROS: Well, SiKat tries at the very least. There's visual and study aids around, and even a TV. Not all public schools have that luxury.
CONS: Where to begin? I'm not going to mention the facilities anymore because it's pretty much a given in public schools. No, actually, in any public institutions, when you pass by a restroom, it smells of urine; There is at least 45 kids in this class when we were there, and not everyone was present then. AND THEY EVEN MERGE CLASSES, like whut? If you're dealing with children with EBD, small class sizes are a must because they need close supervision and intimate interactions; This is not an inclusive school! EBD and at-risk kids should be dispersed in different classes, where they're 5-10% of the classroom population. Not the majority. But they gathered all these children in a single classroom where one kid would throw a tantrum and everyone will follow suit. Even the regular kids.
TL;DR: Silahis ng Katarungan has all the disadvantages stacked against it and it could pay disastrously for the children unless DepEd and this school's Special Ed program step up and fix their system. read more