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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeacher's awful mistreatment of special needs child
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/opinions/special-needs-child-mistreated-in-classroom-opinion-perry/index.htmlLast week, a Georgia principal went into a classroom in Conyers, Georgia, a small city east of Atlanta, and witnessed a literally unbelievable sight.
A 5-year-old African-American boy, a student in the special education program at the school, had been suspended by his belt from the top of the blackboard. According to the child's grandmother, the boy was screaming. The culprit wasn't some bully picking on a disabled child. According to news reports, the boy's teacher was punishing the boy for misbehavior. Worse, it wasn't the first time she had used this horrific, terrifying, method.
The school superintendent is recommending the dismissal of the teacher, a paraprofessional in the classroom, and another teacher.
The abuse should be shocking. How could something like this happen in 2016? Alas, I've spent the last few years researching and writing about the abuse of disabled children in school, and I'm sad to report that this kind of incident is pretty typical.
A 5-year-old African-American boy, a student in the special education program at the school, had been suspended by his belt from the top of the blackboard. According to the child's grandmother, the boy was screaming. The culprit wasn't some bully picking on a disabled child. According to news reports, the boy's teacher was punishing the boy for misbehavior. Worse, it wasn't the first time she had used this horrific, terrifying, method.
The school superintendent is recommending the dismissal of the teacher, a paraprofessional in the classroom, and another teacher.
The abuse should be shocking. How could something like this happen in 2016? Alas, I've spent the last few years researching and writing about the abuse of disabled children in school, and I'm sad to report that this kind of incident is pretty typical.
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Teacher's awful mistreatment of special needs child (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2016
OP
Perhaps dealing with a special needs child compromised their religious freedom.
skip fox
May 2016
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skip fox
(19,356 posts)1. Perhaps dealing with a special needs child compromised their religious freedom.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)2. OMG. I hope this stays in the news
and that those two teachers' and paraprofessional's faces are shown far and wide all over country! They deserve to be shamed. That grandmother sounded a lot calmer than I would have been.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)3. It still happens all too often.