Department of Education

Region III
Division of Mabalacat City
Doña Asuncion Lee Integrated School
Xevera, Tabun, Mabalacat City

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

OF DOÑA ASUNCION LEE
INTEGRATED SCHOOL

2020 – 2021
 Doña Asuncion Lee Integrated School (DALIS) adheres with order of the
Department of Education with the Child Protection Policy in DepEd Order No. 40,
series 2012. Pursuant to the Philippine Constitution: Art. XV. Sec. 3 (b). 1987 stating
that “the State shall defend the right of children to assistance, including proper
care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse,
cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development…” and
in Article XIV, Section 3 (b): “all educational institutions shall inculcate patriotism
and nationalism, foster love of humanity, respect for human rights…”. DALIS heart
fully follows the declaration and implementation of the said policy, hence, this
program is hereby formed as to follow the directives at which will ensure that the
learners of DALIS will be provided the conductive, safe and secured learning
environment; and therefore will equip the teaching and nonteaching personnel
with the zero tolerance or refuse to tolerate child abuse, harassment, violence,
discrimination, exploitation and other forms of abuse that is detrimental to the
whole being of the DALIS learners/students. That DALIS administration and staff will
demonstrate behavior that is respectful, civil, and other at all times. Adhere to
follow the Article 218, 220, 233 of the Family Code of the Philippines and PD 603
“gives the school, its administrators and teachers, or the individual, entity or
institution engaged in child care the special parental authority and responsibility
over the minor child while under their supervision, instruction or custody”…..
“Authority and responsibility shall apply to all authorized activities whether inside
or outside the premises of the school, entity or institution…” Henceforth, the duties
and responsibilities endowed for them will be done in their utmost ability and
knowledge. Ensuring the safety and welfare of children is the obligation of all of
us who interact with children and young people. Child protection must be at the
core of all of its activities.

It is important as well to understand and different terms used (Defined be DepEd

Order No. 40, series 2012 Sec. 3)

a. “Child”- refers to any person below 18 years old of age or those over but
unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or
discrimination because of physical or mental condition (refer RA 7610).
b. “Children in School”- refers to bonafide pupils. Students or learners who are
enrolled in the basic education system, whether regular, irregular,
transferee or repeater, including those who have been temporarily out of
school, who are in the school or learning centers premises or participating
in school-sanctioned activities.
c. “Pupil, Student or Learner”- means child who regularly attends classes in
any level of the basic education system, under the supervision and tutelage
of a teacher or facilitator.
d. “School Personnel”- means the persons, singly or collectively, working in a
public or private school. They are classified as follows:
• “School Head”- refers to the chief executive officer or administration
or a public or private school or learning center.
• “Other School Officials”- include other school officers, including
teachers, who are occupying supervisory positions or [positions of
 responsibility, and are involves in policy formulation or
implementation in a school.
• “Academic Personnel”- includes all school personnel who are
formally engaged in actual teaching service or in research
assignment, ether in full time basis, as well as those who possess
certain prescribes academic functions directly supportive of
teaching such as registrars, librarians, guidance counselors,
researchers, and other similar persons. They may include school
officials who are responsible for academic matter and other school
officials.
• “Other Personnel”-includes all other non-academic personnel in the
school, whatever may be the nature of their appointment and status
of employment.
e. “Child Protection”- refers to programs, services, procedures and structures
that are intended to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation,
discrimination and violence.
f. “Parents”- refers to biological parents, step-parents, adoptive and the
common-law spouse or partner of the parent.
g. “Guardian or Custodians”- refers to the legal guardian, foster parents, and
other persons, including relatives or even non-relatives, who have physical
custody of the child.
h. “School Visitor or Guest”-refers to any person who visits the school and has
any official business with the school, and any person who does not have
any official business with the school, and any person who does not have
any official business but is found within the school premises of the school.
i. “Child Abuse”- refers to the maltreatment of a child, whether habitual or
not, which includes any of the following:
1. Psychological or physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse and
emotional maltreatment.
2. Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades or demeans the
intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being.
3. Unreasonable deprivation of the child’s basic needs for survival such as
food and shelter; or
4. Failure to immediate give medical treatment to an injured child resulting
in serious impairment of his or her growth and development or in the
child’s permanent incapacity or death (Sec.3 [b], RA 7610.
j. “Discrimination against children”- refers to an act of exclusion, distinction,
restriction or preference which is based on any ground such as age,
ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, language, religion,
political or other opinion national or social origin, property or birth, being
infected or affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), being pregnant, being a child in
conflict with the law, being a child with disability or other status or condition,
and which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the
recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on an equal footing of all
rights and freedoms.
 k. “Child Exploitation”- refers to the used of children for someone else’s
advantage, gratification or profit often resulting in an unjust, cruel, and
harmful treatment of the child. These activities disrupt the child’s normal
physical or mental health, education, moral or social emotional
development. It covers situation of manipulation, misuse, abuse,
victimization, oppression or ill-treatment.

These are two (2) main forms of child exploitation that are recognized:
1. Sexual exploitation- refers to the abuse of a position of vulnerability,
differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes. It includes, but it is not
limited to forcing a child to participate in prostitution or the production
of pornographic materials, as a result of being subjected to a threat,
deception, coercion, abduction, force abuse of authority, debt
bondage, fraud or through abuse of a victim’s vulnerability.
2. Economic exploitation- refers to the child in work or other activities for
the benefits of others. Economic exploitation involves certain gain or
profit through the production, distribution and consumption of goods
and services. This includes, but not limited to illegal child labor, as
defined in RA 9231.
l. “Violation against children committed by school administrations,
academic and non-academic personnel against a child, which results in or
is likely result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or other
abuses including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion,
harassment, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty. It includes, but is not limited
to the following acts:
1. Physical violence refers to acts that inflict bodily or physical harm. It
includes assigning children to perform tasks which are hazardous to their
physical well-being.
2. Sexual violence refers to acts that are sexual in nature. It includes, but
not limited to:
a. Rape, sexual harassment acts of lasciviousness, making demeaning
and sexually suggestive remarks, physically attacking the sexual parts
of the victim’s body.
b. Forcing the child to watch obscene publications and indecent shows
or forcing the child to di indecent sexual acts and or to engage or
be involved in the creation or distribution of such films, indecent
publications or material; or
c. Acts causing or attempting to cause the child to engage in any
sexual activity by force, threat force of physical or other harm or
coercion, or thought inducement, gifts or favors.
3. Psychological violence refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to
cause mental or emotional suffering of the child such as but not limited
to intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property, public
ridicule or humiliation, deduction, or threat of deduction from grade or
merit as a form of punishment and repeated verbal abuse.
 4. Other acts violence of physical, sexual or psychological nature that is
prejudicial to the best interest of the child.

PROHIBITED ACTS

A. CHILD ABUSE
1. Physical- infliction with severe physical punishment; beating, slapping,
kicking and hitting; leaving any physical marks by pinching, biting and
hair pulling. Use of excessive force, suffocation and observable
violence.
2. Verbal- cursing and any mean words that cause humiliation. Skuse
(1989) states that ‘emotional, threat abuse refers to the habitual verbal
harassment of a child by disparagement, criticism, threat and ridicule,
and the inversion of love; whereby verbal and non-verbal means of
rejection and withdrawal are substituted’.
3. Emotional Abuse- can be showed in terms of the child’s behavioral,
cognitive, affective or physical functioning. Examples of these include
insecure attachment, non-organic failure to thrive, misery, low self-
esteem, educational and developmental underachievement, and
oppositional behavior. The verge of momentous damage is reached
when offensive interactions govern and become typical of the
relationship between the child and the parent/guardian.
4. Sexual Abuse- when the child is used by another person of his/her sexual
gratifications or sexual arousal such as exposure of the sexual organs or
an act intentionally performed in the presence of the child; intentional
touching and molesting of the body of a child whether by a person or
object for sexual gratification; masturbation; sexual intercourse with the
child either anal, vaginal or oral; or any sexual exploitation or alike.

B. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHILDREN

1. Race
2. Religion
3. Social Status
4. Gender
5. And other alike (stated at the Child Protection Policy)
C. CHILD EXPLOITATION
1. Teaching or non-teaching personnel intimate/sexual relationship with
the student.
2. Slavery- Economic exploitation
3. Prostitution
D. VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
1. Physical
2. Sexual
3. Psychological violence
E. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
1. Inflicting for the purpose of discipline, training or controlling
2. Public Humiliation
 3. Physical
4. Deprivation
5. And other alike stated at the child protection policy
F. ANY ANALOGOUS OR SIMILAR ACTS
Awareness on determining the signs and symptoms of child abuse and must
be examined in the total context of the child’s situation and family
circumstances. More often children are more vulnerable to abuse than
others. Following the guiding principles that the safety of the child must be
the priority and any occurrences must be reported without delay to the
authorities. Any suspicion of abuse must elicit a response to make the
necessary intervention to prevent any further harm or abuse to the child.
According to helguide.org “Child abuse is more than bruises and broken
bones, while physical abuse might be the most visible, other types of abuse,
such as emotional abuse and neglect, also leave deep, lasting scars. The
earlier abused children get help, the greater chance they have to heal and
break the cycle—rather than perpetuate it. By learning about common
signs of abuse and what you can do to intervene, you can make a huge
difference in a child’s life.”

A child who is experiencing abuse according to helpguide.org has the following

signs and symptoms.

• Excessively withdrawn, fearful, or anxious about doing something wrong.

• Shows extremes in behavior (extremely compliant or extremely demanding;
extremely passive or extremely aggressive).
• Doesn’t seem to be attached to the parent or caregiver.
• Acts either inappropriately adult (taking care of other children) or
inappropriately infantile (rocking, thumb-sucking, throwing tantrums).
• Frequent injuries or unexplained bruises, welts, or cuts.
• Is always watchful and “on alert,” as if waiting for something bad to
happen.
• Injuries appear to have a pattern such as marks from a hand or belt.
• Shies away from touch, flinches at sudden movements, or seems afraid to
go home.
• Wears inappropriate clothing to cover up injuries, such as long-sleeved shirts
on hot days.
• Trouble walking or sitting.
• Displays knowledge or interest in sexual acts inappropriate to his or her age,
or even seductive behavior.
• Makes strong efforts to avoid a specific person, without an obvious reason.
• Doesn’t want to change clothes in front of others or participate in physical
activities.
• An STD or pregnancy, especially under the age of 14.
• Runs away from home.
 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL

1. DALIS carries out an effective Child Protection Policy Program with proper
procedures and monitoring.
2. DALIS adopts “Child Protection Policy” which is mobilized, organized and
prompted by the Child Protection Committee (CPC).
3. DALIS will conduct periodically activities for the members of the CPC,
Teaching Personnel, Non-teaching Personnel and Family members.
4. DALIS will ensure the Right of the Child will not be curtailed and will be highly
regarded with respect and understanding.
5. DALIS will be delighted to provide the awareness among its constituents
hence, adhering to ANTI BULLYING AND CHILD PROTECTION POLICY.
6. DALIS will coordinates other LGU, agency and in the community for further
assistance and dissemination information campaign against abuse,
exploitation and other detrimental act against children.
7. DALIS aims to accomplish the set program for the betterment of every
learner and better person as individual and be a productive citizen.

CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE

CHAIRPERSON : JENNIFER Q. CUNANAN, Ed. D.
Principal IV

VICE-CHAIRPERSON : MARIA LUISA S. MAYCONG

Guidance Officer Designate

MEMBERS :
ANGELENE R. CRUZ
SST – I

LORENA C. DALIDA
SST – III

LISA P. OCAMPO
SST – II

FRANCES ANN V. PAMINTUAN

SST – I

CONTESSA MICA G. SANCHEZ

Student Representative

CRISTINA P. NACPIL
Parent Representative

HON. GENNALYN G. PASCUAL

Barangay Representative
 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE

1. Information dissemination program with organized activities for protection

of DALIS students. Includes educating the learners/students as well as the
parents. Raising the awareness through the curriculum.
2. Organize a system that will identify students who are suffering from a
significant harm based on behavioral, physical signs and emotional
outburst.
3. Monitoring Program Creation in accordance with the Advisers and
Teachers. Listen to the reports of the victims who have been
bullied/abused/violated.
4. Proper Implementation of the set rules aligned with the Family Code, Child
Protection Policy and Republic Act No. 10627.
5. Identify the administrative disciplinary action that must be taken against a
perpetrator and have a requirement of rehabilitation program (Restoration
phase). Setting clear established procedures that entail a level of
understanding for both party-victim and perpetrator.
6. Consolidating all the reports in bullying, conference and actions taken.
7. Setting a standard on the provision of the disciplinary measures to be given
to the aggressor.
8. Provide guidance and counseling and or referral.
9. Ensure that the children’s right to be heard is respected and upheld in all
matters and procedure affecting their welfare.

The tenets of these procedures is to give clear direction and guidance to

school management authorities and school personnel in implementing
Child Protection Program within the school setting. The procedures will
apply with immediate effect to DALIS Secondary Level.

INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PLAN

1. All act of aggression, violence, abuse and all mentioned prohibited act
must be properly reported with documentation either in a form of
anecdotal or incidental report. Students are encouraged to talk to their
teacher/adviser, principal regarding the said act of violence. All reports
must be made confidentially and must be taken seriously without any
prejudices.
2. The CPC will conduct an immediate investigation concerning the case
presented by the reports. The team will be holding investigations by
gathering more facts/testimonies. This will include the conference
between the parents and the victim, and so with the parents and the
aggressor and other witnesses prior to which the parents or guardians
will be notified regarding the incident. The one who gives reports will
remain confidential and will not be involved.
3. Upon confirmation of facts and evidences the victim will be provided
with counseling and guidance, while the one who committed the said
act will be given the necessary disciplinary measures which are not
violent but corrective measures in nature. Wherein the purpose of which
 is not to downcast perpetrator but to teach them that the act
committed is not permitted.
4. Disciplinary action will be determined by the CPC at which it will be
properly weighed and will consider all aspects prior to giving the
conviction which include suspension, expulsion or termination (last
option).
5. All occurrence must be reported to the Division Office of the
Department of Education and submit all the documentations required
by the DepEd Office.

**PROCEDURE IN HANDLING THE CHILD WILL BE TAKEN PROFESSIONALLY BY THE

CPC.