Re: Re: Restraining Disabled Children

[Guest guest]

Angi,

I'm glad to hear that they are looking into it and I would definitly insist on

seeing that tape. I sure hope all goes well and that someone will have to answer

for what they did. I'm very relieved to hear you have an advocate. Good luck and

definitly keep us posted! Take care!<hugs>

ne

> From: angela <angi_400@...>

> Subject: ( ) Re: Restraining Disabled Children

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> Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 10:06 PM

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> Just wanted to give you all an update on what I

> have found out about the school handcuffing my son

> yesterday. After speaking to our advocate yesterday, she

> called the district special ed offices and they are

> investigating the situation. The bottom line is that they

> didn't implement his Behavior Plan to address the issue.

> Once he refused to walk unassisted to the

> " time-out " room (a low sensory room set up for

> this type of issue), they decided they were going to

> " walk " him to the office. The aide had one arm

> and the deputy had the other. When my son tried to stop

> walking and sit down on the floor, the deputy then took him

> to the floor and handcuffed him.

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> Also, my son has told me tonight that his primary aide (not

> the one that was with him yesterday during the incident)

> told him this morning that the school knew he had hurt his

> face but that I didn't say anything about it before I

> left the school. I don't know how much stock I'm

> putting in my son's statement since he does get things

> confused, but that will be one thing I talk to the advocate

> about in the morning. My son also told me that there are

> video cameras in the hallways of the school, so I'm

> going to ask about that as well.

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> The advocate told me this morning that the district hoped

> to have all the interviews done today, and we are going to

> meet to discuss the findings. We may not be able to meet

> until school goes back in January since there are only 3

> days left of school though.

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> I'll let you all know what I find out from these folks.

> Thanks so much for the advice and support!

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> Angi

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> > > I know this has been a topic before, but I

> can't find it in the threads, so I'll ask.

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> > > My 12 yo ds was put in handcuffs this morning by

> the school resource officer. While the SRO was putting the

> handcuffs on, apparently it was necessary to take my son to

> the ground. He ended up hitting his head on the floor hard

> enough to get hurt. He has a golf-ball sized lump on

> between his eyebrow and his eye (basically most of the upper

> eye-lid). When I walked in the room, the first thing my son

> told me was that his " eyebrow was hurt when Deputy X

> put him on the ground " . Did I mention that my son was

> still in handcuff when I got there, even though it was

> obvious that he was no danger to anyone at that time?

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> > > The deputy and the vice principal were both in

> the room with my son when I arrived, and neither one said

> that my son had become agressive with anyone. They said he

> was upset and made some comments but never actually made any

> type of attempt against anyone.

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> > > Don't get me wrong, please. I know that

> there are times when my son has to be restrained for his own

> safety and that of others, but aren't handcuffs a little

> over the top?

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> > > When I first walked into the room, I stopped at

> the door to listen to what happened from the SRO and v.p.

> When I walked across the room, I noticed the swelling above

> my son's eye before I even got to him. The SRO told me

> repeatedly that my son didn't hit his head (my son was

> telling me over and over about his eyebrow). When I got to

> my son, I turned and asked the SRO, " Have you seen his

> eye? If he didn't hit his head on the floor, what

> happened to his eye? " The SRO said he didn't know.

> I asked him to come and look at my son's face. Then

> the SRO started telling me " Well, I didn't think he

> hit his head on the floor. " Apparently even though my

> son was telling them that he was hurt, they didn't look

> at him to see.

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> > > I've contacted the advocate we've started

> using here in this area, and she's made some calls

> already, but I'm just wondering if this is out of line.

> It seems to be over the top to me, but I'm still getting

> familiar with Louisiana's special education laws, and

> can't find anything yet about SRO's and this type of

> restraint with diabled kids.

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> > > Thanks for letting me rant a little.

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> > > Angi Clifton

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