PADDED CELL?

PADDED CELL?
National Disability Rights Network Report- School Is Not Supposed to Hurt

SECLUSION ROOM OR QUIET ROOM?

SECLUSION ROOM OR QUIET ROOM?
EAST GOSHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA

TO BE PRONE OR NOT TO BE PRONE? THAT IS THE QUESTION.

TO BE PRONE OR NOT TO BE PRONE? THAT IS THE QUESTION.
Abbie was Restrained 14 times in one day for noncompliance issues

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION COST TOO MUCH! RESTRAIN HIM IN THE RIFTON CHAIR INSTEAD.

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION COST TOO MUCH! RESTRAIN HIM IN THE RIFTON CHAIR INSTEAD.
CCIU/EAST BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WEST CHESTER, PA.

QUIET ROOM OR CELL?

QUIET ROOM OR CELL?
NAA: The Restraint and Prevention Symposium

ABUSE IS ABUSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS

ABUSE IS ABUSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS
Man Arrested For Abusing His Autistic Son

WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES AGAINST RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION

The abuse of children at the hands of school personnel has risen over the last two decades and the nation is outraged. The children most likely to be abused are children with disabilities. Children who are poor and homeless are not excluded from the abuse.

The abuse presents itself in various forms -restraints, seclusion, suffocation, and sometimes even death. Last year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation found hundreds of allegations that children have been abused and some have died as a result of the misuses of restraints and seclusion in public and private schools, often by untrained staff. United States representatives George Miller and Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced the "Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in School Act" (HR 4247) and senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut introduced it's sister bill, (S. 2860). This legislation is the first national effort to address the problem and ensure the safety of students and school staff.

The abuse of a child in school can easily escalate into retaliation against the parent(s), caretaker(s), or advocate. Retaliation can include the denial educational services, the denial of a child to attend school, an illegal eviction from your residence, neglect and abuse charges filed against you by the school, a loss of employment, removal of the child from the caretaker by child protective services, false charges against the parent, caregiver, or advocate that can lead to an arrest, etc.

We must stop asking, "What are they (everyone else) going to do about the abuse of our nation's children?" While the rest of America sits blind, not necessarily their fault, they are under the assumption that their tax dollars are paying for an education without abuse, restraints, seclusion, or retaliation. American citizens believe that when they send their children to school, they will be safe, not abused or killed by school personnel.

It is our belief that all children are entitled to a free, appropriate, and SAFE education in the public and private school system, as specified under IDEA. We need your support in effecting change within the system.

Thank you!

Monday, December 19, 2011

BOSTON TEACHER'S AIDE FACES ABUSE CHARGES IN COURT

WHDH-TV
updated 12/16/2011 1:15:52 PM ET

DORCHESTER, Mass. -- A Boston teacher's aide accused of inappropriate behavior with an autistic student was in court on Friday.

LaShawn Hill, 33, had a probably cause hearing on Friday and the magistrate found that there was enough evidence to go forward with the arraignment.

Hill is accused of inappropriate behavior with a 14-year-old autistic, non-verbal student at the Harbor Pilot School in Dorchester earlier this week. Hill is only being charged with assaulting one child, but the District Attorney’s office said there could be more.

“A witness observed this defendant in a therapeutic classroom. His pants unbuttoned, the child’s pants unbuttoned as well,” said the prosecutor.

Allegations may not end there -- Boston school administrators are investigating whether Hill did the same thing at the King K-8 School, and if the school’s principal failed to report the suspected child abuse.

Hill has worked as a teacher’s aide for the past seven years at four different Dorchester schools.

“We’ve tried to treat this certainly as maybe not an isolated event. Obviously we would hope that it would be one, but I think that when things like this come up, we have to be aggressive and assume that if this person has been at other schools, that there may have been other children harmed,” said Carol Johnson, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools.

Hill’s cousin was in court on Friday to support him. She said Hill claims he was arrested and raped by his uncle as a child.

“We didn’t believe it, but he kept going around the uncle. Like I said, we don’t know. If he did, he should be punished but at the same time he’d need help. I don’t condone it,” said Hill’s cousin.

Hill is being held on $10,000 cash bail. If he does make bail he has to stay away from victims, witnesses and all Boston Public Schools.
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