A Mishawaka mom is accusing a gym teacher of duct taping her son's mouth shut. She says it happened last week during gym class while other students were watching.
Rita Burnett says last week her 8-year-old autistic son came home from Battell Elementary upset. He said the gym teacher made him put duct tape over his mouth for nearly an hour.
Several students and the teacher's aide allegedly witnessed the entire incident.
Frustrated with the school Burnett filed a police report.
“This guy hurt my child, if not physically, hurt him emotionally and mentally,” says Burnett. “You don't do that to a child. He is only 8 years old. He has autism, ADHD, and a mood disorder. You don't do it to any kid.”
The school district says they are working with police while the matter is under investigation.
The mother says she plans to take legal action if she is not happy with the outcome of the police investigation.
http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Mishawaka_teacher_accused_of_putting_duct_tape_over_autistic_childs_mouth_104386619.html
Friday, October 8, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Brian L. Willner - Phoenix, AZ
Avondale police arrested a high school teacher after he allegedly sexually assaulted a student.
The Avondale Police Department began an investigation in April after a 15-year-old student at Agua Fria High School told her mother that she had been sexually assaulted by one of her teachers.
Gonzales said police determined that Brian L. Willner, 35, was the suspect in this case. He is the school's special education director.
Police say Willner pulled the special-needs student out of class and forced her to have sex with him inside his office. He reportedly threatened to kill the teen's mom if she told anyone.
Police said the girl had cuts and bruises conducive with a sex assault. They also said Willner and the victim tested positive for the same STD.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Avondale-teacher-arrested-for-sexual-assault-of-student-92725324.html
Ann Gibbons - Quincy, MA
Parents of six autistic children are pushing for criminal charges against a teacher who they say abused students in her classroom.
The parents and three teacher aides say the instructor, Ann Gibbons of Middleboro, allegedly engaged in finger-bending and forceful pushing and shoving that caused bruises, cuts, a bleeding lip and limping.
Both the state Department of Children and Families and the Hingham-based South Shore Educational Collaborative, which provides alternative programs for special education students, conducted investigations and found no evidence to support the allegations against Gibbons.
But the parents – who learned of the alleged abuse from three whistle-blower teacher aides assigned to Gibbons’ classroom at Lyons Elementary School in Randolph – say they’re absolutely convinced the allegations are true and believe Gibbons should face assault charges.
The six children in her classroom are all nonverbal.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/education/x799707425/Teacher-of-autistic-children-in-Randolph-under-fire
The parents and three teacher aides say the instructor, Ann Gibbons of Middleboro, allegedly engaged in finger-bending and forceful pushing and shoving that caused bruises, cuts, a bleeding lip and limping.
Both the state Department of Children and Families and the Hingham-based South Shore Educational Collaborative, which provides alternative programs for special education students, conducted investigations and found no evidence to support the allegations against Gibbons.
But the parents – who learned of the alleged abuse from three whistle-blower teacher aides assigned to Gibbons’ classroom at Lyons Elementary School in Randolph – say they’re absolutely convinced the allegations are true and believe Gibbons should face assault charges.
The six children in her classroom are all nonverbal.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/education/x799707425/Teacher-of-autistic-children-in-Randolph-under-fire
Friday, September 24, 2010
Michael Beasley - Ann Arbor, MI
An aide with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District is facing child abuse and assault charges after he was accused of slapping and shoving two special education students under his care, Ann Arbor Police said.
The Pittsfield Township man is accused of slapping a 13-year-old autistic child with an open hand at Scarlett Middle School on Oct. 30.
Detective Sgt. Jeff Connelly said that during his investigation, a detective discovered another incident in which Beasley was accused of shoving a 12-year-old Ann Arbor girl with special needs to the gym floor at Scarlett in mid-October. The girl suffered bruises to her arm, and her parents received a letter about the incident signed by her teacher, police said.
Several parents of students in that class said the aide slapped, pinched, swore at and was physically abusive to children.
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-31/123272526594220.xml&coll=2
The Pittsfield Township man is accused of slapping a 13-year-old autistic child with an open hand at Scarlett Middle School on Oct. 30.
Detective Sgt. Jeff Connelly said that during his investigation, a detective discovered another incident in which Beasley was accused of shoving a 12-year-old Ann Arbor girl with special needs to the gym floor at Scarlett in mid-October. The girl suffered bruises to her arm, and her parents received a letter about the incident signed by her teacher, police said.
Several parents of students in that class said the aide slapped, pinched, swore at and was physically abusive to children.
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-31/123272526594220.xml&coll=2
Deborah Bailey - Jacksonville, FL
Duval County Public Schools wants to fire a special education elementary teacher who it says pinned a student against a wall while twisting his arm around his back and, later, locked him in a closet.
Deborah Bailey, a special education teacher at Chaffee Trail Elementary School
According to the district, on Nov. 18 Bailey pushed one of her special education students into a corner and trapped the student with a chair.
"You also held him on the floor while he screamed and cried for help and you twisted his arm," Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals wrote to Bailey in a Jan. 16 letter. "You subsequently locked the same student in a closet." It is unknown how long the student was in the closet.
http://tcfpbis.blogspot.com/2009/02/fl-special-ed-teacher-faces-termination.html
Rhona Silver - Jacksonville, FL
A veteran Jacksonville teacher has been charged with child abuse after police were told an autistic student in her class was strapped into a toilet training chair for hours over several days.
The student at Kernan Trail Elementary was restrained in the chair with his pants down during a three- or four-day span in September, according to the arrest report charging Rhona Silver, 55, with child abuse.
The police report said the student, whose name and age were not provided because of confidentiality rules, is autistic and was buckled to the seat with his pants down and only allowed up for lunch. He was placed in the seat at 9 a.m. and released at the end of the day, according to the report.
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2009-03-19/story/teacher_charged_with_abuse_of_student
Sally Forshee - Mapaville, MO
A lawsuit recently filed in federal court by Scott and the parents of eight other students is asking the court to fire implicated staffers, install classroom cameras and eventually dismantle the entire state school system.
After becoming concerned with the quality of care their children were receiving, several parents placed recording devices in their children's backpacks.
After listening to the tapes, some of the parents expressed shock over their content.
"I was in disbelief, just disbelief," said Sheila Scott, whose son, Chandler Scott, was featured prominently on the tape. "I couldn't believe these people who loved and cared for my son would treat him this way."
More than 40 hours of tape was eventually turned over the the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for investigation.
While no criminal charges were issued, the tapes became evidence in a series of due process hearings for parents who filed abuse complaints against the district.
The incident that Scott found most troubling was the repeated ringing of a bell near her 12-year-old son's face by Forshee.
After saying "watch me send him into a seizure," Forshee rang the bell an estimated 30 times.
Scott said other school staffers present laughed.
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/02/25/jefferson/news/0225jef-map0.txt
After becoming concerned with the quality of care their children were receiving, several parents placed recording devices in their children's backpacks.
After listening to the tapes, some of the parents expressed shock over their content.
"I was in disbelief, just disbelief," said Sheila Scott, whose son, Chandler Scott, was featured prominently on the tape. "I couldn't believe these people who loved and cared for my son would treat him this way."
More than 40 hours of tape was eventually turned over the the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for investigation.
While no criminal charges were issued, the tapes became evidence in a series of due process hearings for parents who filed abuse complaints against the district.
The incident that Scott found most troubling was the repeated ringing of a bell near her 12-year-old son's face by Forshee.
After saying "watch me send him into a seizure," Forshee rang the bell an estimated 30 times.
Scott said other school staffers present laughed.
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/02/25/jefferson/news/0225jef-map0.txt
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