About

About Us

Let us introduce ourselves

A few words about us

Above and Beyond Learning Partners (ABLP) was founded by parents and practitioners, who themselves have experienced the struggles and joys of having a child with special needs or supporting somebody else in likewise condition.

We truly know, first-hand, that special individuals – children, adolescents and adults are not only different from others. Each special child/individual is different at home, at school, with teachers, with family and within the community. ABLP’s founders have experienced and are aware of problems during mall visits, dental or doctor’s visits, haircut appointments and more. Such activities have to be carefully thought-out and planned for the benefit of the special person.

We know that these are not easy, a continuous struggle and challenge. But, success is definitely rewarding and really worth it.

As parents or relatives of children and other learners with special needs, we know that the best tool, is LOVE that has no bounds, LOVE that can truly move mountains.

How we envision Above & Beyond.

Mission | Vision

At Above and Beyond Learning Partners, our vision is a world where individuals with special needs, their families and others, interact with one another happily and fruitfully, by providing inspiration through education resulting in innovative improvements in the quality of living of these special individuals towards making them valuable members of their community.

To achieve the vision, our missions are:

To put to action the knowledge we have acquired through programs that will facilitate happy and fruitful relationships between the individuals with special needs and their families through improved living conditions.
To provide the necessary skills to equip the individual with special needs to face the everyday rigors of life that will equip them to be valuable members of the community.
To provide education to the families of individuals with special needs that is aimed at inspiring them to innovate for the improvement of their quality of life.
To provide training to other stakeholders for increased awareness in facilitating mutually beneficial relationships with individuals with special needs.
To discover and acquire new interventions and breakthroughs in addressing the needs of the individual with special needs and their families.
To develop and improve individualized interventions based from existing programs to improve the quality of life of these individuals and their families.
To deliver the necessary assistance and education in planning for contingencies to be faced by the individuals and their families.

What we can offer you

These are our services.

Occupational Therapy

Equipped with a fully functional sensory gym and caters to any individual’s sensory needs which disrupt daily routines, be it mealtime, playtime or school work.
Helps families in using everyday routines as opportunities to be calm, organized and ready to cope with various demands, may it be at home, school or within the community.
Uses fun-filled activities in developing gross, fine motor and visual processing skills which are key components to play and academic learning.
Works on developing executive functioning and self-regulation skills that are necessary to adapt to various demands and gain independent life skills.

Special Education Program (SPED)

Aims to work on individual’s weaknesses and maximize their strengths to promote independent functioning using a multi-disciplinary approach.
Collaborates with parents, the entire family, especially the caregiver to ensure a consistent implementation of each strategy and technique to address individual’s needs, gain a steady progression of skills and maximize the individual’s potential.
Works towards making every individual productive members of the community, empowering parents and caregivers in the process.

Individualized Education Program

Involves Home and/or School Assessment (if deemed essential), coming up with an Individual’s Profile and collaboration with the whole team (parents, caregivers, teachers, etc.) for the alignment of programs and parents’ goals.

Speech Language Pathology

With an in depth knowledge of precursors of language content and use, helps individuals increase their vocabulary, develop the abilities to communicate their daily needs and wants, construct meaningful sentences, make comments, ask questions and engage in conversations.
Helps individuals acquire skills needed to comprehend a message, understand and follow instructions, and interact with others.
Determines underlying deficits and provides intervention resulting in improved speech clarity and pronunciation of specific sounds for better speech quality.
Helps individuals with difficulty in narrative tasks that require the use of various skills like organization, sequencing, problem-solving and finding the main idea of a given story.
Works on pragmatics and social thinking skills in order to use language in the community, taking into consideration social behavior that is culturally expected.
Utilizes PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets), a specialized approach that uses touch cues to an individual’s articulators (jaw, tongue, lips) develop motor control and the development of proper oral muscular movements, while eliminating unnecessary muscle movements, to manually guide them through a targeted word, phrase or sentence.

Special Adaptation Program

Equips individuals alongside their families with the necessary strategies and skills to cope with a variety of obstacles of daily activities, and environments that they would encounter (e.g. going to the barber/dentist, going to the supermarket, using the public restroom, etc.)

The Best of the Best Learning Partners

We have an excellent selection of teachers.

Francis L. Aure

Teacher Francis is a Physical Therapist who has been practicing as a Special Education Teacher since 2001. He is highly experienced in case managing/program leading, program development, parent/caregiver training and teaching of Individualized Educational Programs ranging from Early Intervention, Pre-Adolescent/ Adolescent Program as well as Internship, Transition Program and Job/Life Coach Program. He has undergone training abroad in Sensory Motor Feeding and Oral Placement Therapy. Francis capitalizes on identifying the learning style of an individual and their sensory needs . He creates and innovates educational materials to address individual needs. He makes sure that each students will be highly motivated to reach their maximum potential.

Ma. Clarisse P. Malilay

Teacher Clarisse who holds a degree in Speech Language Pathology had a varied professional experience which includes consultancy at Cebu Doctors’ Hospital, academic instructor of Cebu Doctors’ University, and a visiting consultant in iLearn Educational Intervention and Therapy Center in Cagayan de Oro City. She has completed training for PROMPT (Prompts for Reconstructing Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) for motor planning difficulties. Clarisse enjoys working with kids and helps them become optimally functional in the society. She aims to help kids communicate their needs and wants in order to survive social interactions in the community. She establishes relationships with parents and caregivers because she believes they are the best teachers that kids will ever have. Teacher Clarisse is here to help your child, one word at a time.

Rose Anne L. Aure

Teacher Inna has extensive pediatric experience both in New York City USA and in the Philippines in the last 15 years. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Philippines Manila and worked in prestigious centers here in the Philippines. She continued her practice with New york Center for Infants and Toddlers, as an Occupational Therapy Supervisor where she worked with children birth to five years old and trained entry level occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. She had undergone further training and seminars given by Kimberly Barthel, Julia Harper and Lucy Miller who are all world renowned occupational therapists in the field of sensory processing intervention. Inna’s clinical practice is also highly influenced by the principles of ICDL DIR (Development Individual Differences) program. While at New york Center for Infants and Toddlers, she participated in the research implementation of Connie Kasari’s JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation) approach which uses naturalistic strategies to increase the rate and complexity of social communication. She is even more inspired in helping other families being an autism mom herself who would go above and beyond for her wonderful, sweet mickey mouse-loving boy.

Tiffany Candy R. Tambunting

Teacher Tiffany is an exceptional mother to her three children. After two childbirths, the second born premature due to a deficiency in her body, she was advised to undergo ligation. Her third pregnancy was the real challenge. She had to stay in the hospital for 6 months. However, Tiffany firmly believes that the Lord gives children as gifts, whatever a child’s imperfections are, because each challenge is an opportunity to improve oneself. This is her inspiration for anything she undertakes. In California, USA, she practiced as underwriter and loans processor, honed her responsible leadership skills especially in creative and practical problem-solving. Academically, she completed two degrees, in Nursing and in Hotel and Restaurant Management. Her personal challenges, academic and professional experience have developed in her a high regard for others, understanding how to deal with each person, and getting along with people in all walks of life.