Special Education

(as of 1st semester AY 2025-2026)

Marie Therese Angeline P. Bustos

Professor
mpbustos@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MEd, Reading, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BEEd, Teaching in the Early Grades, College of Education, UP Diliman
  • Specialization:
    • Special Needs and Inclusive Education; Deaf Education; Sign Language Interpreting
  • Research Interests:
    • Curriculum; Learning outcomes; Assessment; Deaf education
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Senior Research Fellow, Assessment, Curriculum, and Technology Research Program, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Standing Committee Member, Basic Education, Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM2)
    • Member, CHED Technical Panel on Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Needs Education

May T. Cabutihan

Assistant Professor
mtcabutihan1@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BS Biology, UP Visayas
  • Specialization/Research Interests:
    • Deaf Education; Special Needs Education; Inclusion; Psychoeducational Assessment; Working with families of Learners with Disabilities

Sarah Grace L. Candelario

Assistant Professor
slcandelario@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • MA in Education, Special Education, College of Education UP Diliman
    • BSEd, Special Education (Minor in Communication Arts), College of Education UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Special Needs and Inclusive Education; Shadow Teaching
  • Research Interests: 
    • Inclusive Education; Wellbeing of Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN); Community Accessibility
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • Trainings on Inclusive Education and Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN), Disability and Sensitivity

Elaine Christine A. Doroja

Assistant Professor
eralcantara@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • MA in Education, College of Education UP Diliman
    • BS Psychology, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
  • Specialization: 
    • Special Education, Classroom Instruction and Management, Montessori Method of Teaching (Early Years)
  • Research Interests: 
    • Collaboration in Special Education, Inclusive Education, Instructional Support and Programs for Learners with Disabilities

Frances Olivia M. Magtoto

Associate Professor
fmmagtoto@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA in Education, Basic Education Teaching, Ateneo de Manila University
    • BEEd, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Special Education; Basic Education Teaching
  • Research Interests: 
    • Talent development; Inclusive education; Curriculum
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Report on education services for Persons with Disabilities (for the National Council on Disability Affairs)
  • Extension Service Activities:
    • In-service teacher training on inclusive education, program design, and support services 

Lutze-Sol A. Vidal

Associate Professor | Special Education Cluster Coordinator
lavidal@up.edu.ph

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  • Educational Qualifications:
    • PhD in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • MA in Education, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
    • BEEd, Special Education, College of Education, UP Diliman
  • Specialization: 
    • Special Needs and Inclusive Education; Psychoeducational assessment; Individualized Education Plans (IEP); Learners with disabilities (Autism, AD/HD and Intellectual Disability); Classroom behavior management; Home intervention for families with LWDs
  • Research Interests: 
    • Inclusive education; Assessment of and educational-behavioral programming for learners with disabilities
  • Ongoing Studies/Research Projects:
    • Inclusive and Special Needs Education (ISNEd) Seminar Series
  • Extension Service Activities: 
    • RA 11650 (Inclusive Education Act) IRR and IEP policy crafting

Lecturers

Louisse D. Crisostomo

Lecturer
ldcrisostomo@up.edu.ph

Victoria Concepcion F. Espiritu

Senior Lecturer
vfespiritu@up.edu.ph

Natasha Ilyne N. King

Senior Lecturer
nnking@up.edu.ph

Lirio Josefina G. Mapa

Senior Lecturer
lgmapa@up.edu.ph

Anna Louisse G. Margallo

Lecturer

Irene C. Oael

Senior Lecturer
icoael@up.edu.ph

Ma. Rosario B. Suarez

Senior Lecturer
mbsuarez@up.edu.ph

Johann Carl B. Valderrama

Senior Lecturer
jbvalderrama1@up.edu.ph