Violent tard dies from being restrained November 14, 2019 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 9,973 |
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Charges were announced Tuesday against three California employees in the death of a student with special needs, CBS Sacramento reports. Guiding Hands School, Inc. Executive Director and Site Administrator Cindy Keller, Principal Staranne Meyers and special education teacher Kimberly Wohlwend each face one charge of felony involuntary manslaughter for the November 2018 incident.
Thirteen-year-old Max Benson died after reportedly being restrained by staff due to violent behavior. He eventually became unresponsive. Authorities said a teacher performed CPR, but Benson died two days later at the UC Davis Medical Center.
The California Department of Education later suspended Guiding Hands School, Inc.'s certification and it was closed. The agency found that the school violated state rules when its staff put Benson in a face-down restraint position for nearly an hour.
The private school in El Dorado Hills is also facing a count of felony involuntary manslaughter. The El Dorado County district attorney's office issued a statement saying the case was filed "after a lengthy, multi-agency investigation into the facts and circumstances that led to the death of [Benson]."
All three defendants will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.
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Cambion
The kid went to a tard school, and I imagine he must have really been on the warpath if he had to be restrained for that long. What was the alternative? Let him flap around and injure all the other kids/staff? Lock him in a room and let him destroy it so Moo could proceed to not pay for the damage because "he's just a chiiiiild?" I hate to say it, but a kid this violent probably would have genuinely hurt someone sooner or later and maybe it was for the best he won't be able to do that now.
Re: Violent tard dies from being restrained November 15, 2019 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,199 |
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Apparently the correct solution would have been to allow him to keep hitting the other kids while I quietly and calmly asked him to please stop and tried to distract him with some other activity. All the physical stuff gets swept under the rug. I’m convinced that normal parents have NO IDEA what goes on in these mainstreamed classrooms, or how often their children get caught in the crossfire.
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I was admonished by the district office employee for raising my voice and telling him no, because apparently that was one of his triggers as listed in his IEP.
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If a kid is really out of control, you are supposed to “clear the room,” which yes, is essentially locking him in the room. You’re supposed to gather up all the other kids and all of you make a quick exit, and then shut the door and let the out of control one go to town. And no, the parents are not responsible for the damage the kid causes.
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bell_flower
One of my co-irkers has a violent on the spectrum son. This is exactly what they do. When he has one of his "rages," they clear the room and let him tear it up. He's SEVEN years old and they call the police. They are gentle discipline people so he's not told "no," he's just "presented with different choices," and all this other pop-psychological bullshit that parents are embracing these days. Despite all the alternatives he's "presented," his favorite choice is to hit his mother.
Re: Violent tard dies from being restrained November 15, 2019 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 9,973 |
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LoveToLurk
I used to teach in a public elementary school. I’ve had a few of these kids in my class. Two things:
1) If a normal kid hits another kid, the kid will get a write up and a punishment (the punishment will depend upon how many other times the kid has been written up). If a a spec ed kid that’s pretty much normal hits another kid, s/he will get written up and punished. If a severe spec ed kid hits another kid, nothing will happen. I once had a district office employee in my room observing one of the severe kids. The kid started pushing and slapping, so I raised my voice and told him to stop. I was admonished by the district office employee for raising my voice and telling him no, because apparently that was one of his triggers as listed in his IEP. Apparently the correct solution would have been to allow him to keep hitting the other kids while I quietly and calmly asked him to please stop and tried to distract him with some other activity. All the physical stuff gets swept under the rug. I’m convinced that normal parents have NO IDEA what goes on in these mainstreamed classrooms, or how often their children get caught in the crossfire.
2) If a kid is really out of control, you are supposed to “clear the room,” which yes, is essentially locking him in the room. You’re supposed to gather up all the other kids and all of you make a quick exit, and then shut the door and let the out of control one go to town. And no, the parents are not responsible for the damage the kid causes.
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bell_flower
One of my co-irkers has a violent on the spectrum son. This is exactly what they do. When he has one of his "rages," they clear the room and let him tear it up. He's SEVEN years old and they call the police. They are gentle discipline people so he's not told "no," he's just "presented with different choices," and all this other pop-psychological bullshit that parents are embracing these days. Despite all the alternatives he's "presented," his favorite choice is to hit his mother.
Your Co-Irker is setting up her child to be murdered by the police or some home-owner who won't put up with a tard tearing up their shit.