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
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Catherine Littleton and Jeffery Stokes - Indianapolis, IN
A teacher and an aide at Perry Meridian Middle School have been charged with neglect after police said they strapped a student with autism to a chair and left him on the floor.
Veteran teacher Catherine Littleton, 52, and Jeffery Stokes, 27, were charged with battery, criminal confinement and neglect of a dependent in connection with a Feb. 18 incident in a classroom, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Stokes taped socks over the hands of a non-verbal 12-year-old student, strapped the boy's arms to his chest and belted him to a chair. The boy was then tipped over backward in the chair and left on the floor, police said.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2504311/posts
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Trinda Barocas - Indianapolis, IN
The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies filed a lawsuit that claims his Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn't go a zoo field trip.
Special education teacher Trinda Barocas was accused of telling a classroom aide that the boy would likely misbehave, and "maybe he could be sick enough not to attend and we won't have to deal with it," according to the suit filed by his mother, Anita Young.
The boy didn't eat the candy bar, probably because he does not eat unfamiliar foods and didn't recognize its yellow wrapper, his mother said. The boy, who is mostly nonverbal, gets hives and swelling if he even touches peanuts and could die if he eats them.
"She knew how severe his allergy was," Young said Friday. "To tempt a child with something that could take their life _ honestly, it blows my mind. I think that she should be held accountable for what she's done."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/national/main5375471.shtml
Special education teacher Trinda Barocas was accused of telling a classroom aide that the boy would likely misbehave, and "maybe he could be sick enough not to attend and we won't have to deal with it," according to the suit filed by his mother, Anita Young.
The boy didn't eat the candy bar, probably because he does not eat unfamiliar foods and didn't recognize its yellow wrapper, his mother said. The boy, who is mostly nonverbal, gets hives and swelling if he even touches peanuts and could die if he eats them.
"She knew how severe his allergy was," Young said Friday. "To tempt a child with something that could take their life _ honestly, it blows my mind. I think that she should be held accountable for what she's done."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/national/main5375471.shtml
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