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!

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

LESSON 101: HOW TO ABUSE AN AUTISTIC CHILD ON A SCHOOL BUS


SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAPTURES HITTING- CHOKING- KICKING OF AUTISTIC BOY BY BUS DRIVER AND BUS MONITOR



In 2011, Laura Hibbard of The Huffington Post reported a story about Timothy Kilpatrick, a young autistic boy, who was restrained on a school bus, then hit, kicked, and choked by the bus driver Alice Davis Holland and special education aide Mary Alice Evans.  According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch both were convicted on criminal charges after a surveillance video in 2009 captured the assault.
Videotape footage showed Timothy frightened and enduring several beatings with a fly swatter.  Seat restraints prevented him from defending himself.  WBDJ reported that the family sued the Bedford County School Board and the director of special education for $20 million dollars.  Attorney P. Brent Brown represented the family and stated that it bought up important questions about the safety of our children.  According to WSET 13, a spokesman for the Bedford County schools said both the bus driver and special education assistant employment was terminated shortly after the abuse caught on tape in 2009. Attorney Brown reported that Timothy’s father told school officials that he suspected abuse when Timothy departed the bus with marks on his face a full year earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w8EP1hA6CA

WATCH the full surveillance footage:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/surveillance-video-reveal_n_1000248.html


Here's another video clip of a child with autism being abuse on a school bus by bus driver and bus monitor, as if the first video was not enough.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpmMppVa9YI
 
 
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