28/08/2025
The Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC) of Tuguegarao City Peoples General Hospital(TCPGH), under the Local Government Unit of Tuguegarao City, through the dynamic and supportive leadership of Mayor Maila Ting Que, successfully conducted another Structured Visual Learning Session on August 27, 2025, at the STAC Center, focusing on Stage 2: Emotions. The session was attended by children with disabilities (CWDs) together with their parents, creating an atmosphere of shared learning and support.
This activity aimed to help CWDs recognize, understand, and express emotions—a vital step in their holistic development. By learning to identify feelings such as happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and surprise, the children enhance their ability to communicate, develop social interaction, and strengthen self-awareness.
True to STAC’s tagline “See. Touch. Act. Care.”, the session began with short interactive videos that showed different emotions and how they are expressed, enabling the children to see and visualize feelings. This was followed by hands-on activities to reinforce learning, where CWDs used flashcards with facial expressions and responded to different situations flashed on the screen, identifying what emotions should be felt in each scenario. To further instill understanding, the session concluded with a film viewing on emotions, helping the children connect their learning to real-life situations in a more engaging way. These activities encouraged them to see, touch, act, and care by identifying, expressing, and relating emotions to everyday life. Parents were likewise guided on how to support their children in practicing these skills at home.
Effect and Impact:
The session had a meaningful effect on both CWDs and their parents. Many children were able to actively identify emotions when shown flashcards and scenarios, while others demonstrated improved responsiveness and confidence in expressing feelings. This progress indicates growth not only in emotional awareness but also in the children’s communication and social skills.
For parents, the session highlighted the importance of emotional learning as part of their child’s overall development. They were encouraged to practice the same strategies at home, such as using everyday events to discuss emotions and guiding their children in expressing how they feel.
Overall, the Visual Learning Session on Stage 2: Emotions was an enriching experience that fostered greater emotional literacy, parent-child bonding, and social interaction. Anchored on STAC’s guiding principle and tagline, “See. Touch. Act. Care.”, it became another vital step in STAC’s continuing commitment to the holistic growth and well-being of children with disabilities.
