Schools Behaving Badly

The information provided in this section of my BLOG is very sad and disturbing. I have found three articles that give information on “Schools Behaving Badly”. I found this section of my Blog to be the hardest to write because of the actions and inaction that were taken by schools and educators. I hope that cases like these a few and far between but I know that they do happen.

The first article that I found covers information about restraint. It describes cases that have ended in death of the child being restrained, the legality of restraint and much more. I wanted you to look at this article so that you can see how important it is to make sure proper restraint is being used and it is being used with great care. This article gives you great information and I hope you enjoy reading it. To read this article click on the following link:

http://www.bridges4kids.org/PBS/articles/RyanPeterson2004.htm

The second article that I found was about an 8 year-old girl with autism who was sent to a secluded time out room. She was left in the room for three hours and was only let out after she wet herself. I found this to be very disturbing. Her parents filed a law suit and removed their daughter from the school district. To read this article click on the following link:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-20-time-out-discipline_N.htm

The final article that I would like you to read is about a student who is deaf with multiple disabilities who has been denied services at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, CA. The student was removed from the school and placed in a day school setting. She was the only student who was deaf and was unable to communicate with any of her peers in her primary language. The school was accused of discriminatory practice and a suit was filed on behalf of the student. To find out more information click on the following link:

http://www.law.stanford.edu/news/pr/25/