The Sped program of DepEd provides a holistic approach in catering to the needs of learners with various exceptionalities. This program ensures that learners with exceptionalities will have access to quality education by giving them their individual and unique learning needs.

The Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE) through the Special Education (SPED) Division, this Department regularly conducts training of teachers and administrators for children with special educational needs in order to provide them with access to formal education.

Special education serves children with emotional, behavioral, or cognitive impairments or with intellectual, hearing, vision, speech, or learning disabilities; gifted children with advanced academic abilities; and children with orthopedic or neurological impairments.