Parents of Churchill HS Student with Autism Sue After Child is Restrained, Put in Handcuffs

[Anonymous]

Show me some evidence that it does work? What i know is that one more than one occasion my children have been assaulted and once sexually harassed by mainstreamed kids. In both cases they did not learn empathy, they learned that there are no consequences for the SN kids and that they just have to take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show me some evidence that it does work? What i know is that one more than one occasion my children have been assaulted and once sexually harassed by mainstreamed kids. In both cases they did not learn empathy, they learned that there are no consequences for the SN kids and that they just have to take it.

Right because all SN kids are violent and your kids’ experiences are the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Show me some evidence that it does work? What i know is that one more than one occasion my children have been assaulted and once sexually harassed by mainstreamed kids. In both cases they did not learn empathy, they learned that there are no consequences for the SN kids and that they just have to take it.

If your child was assaulted or sexually harassed, did you fill out the Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation Form to report the incidents? Formally reporting incidents creates a record so the behavior is addressed. For Special Needs students, the report should be considered by the school’s IEP team to develop a plan to improve the student behavior.

For any student, if no one takes the time to submit the paperwork then the behavior goes unaddressed. BTW my child was attacked in a stairwell at Churchill this year and the students were not Special Needs as far as my child knows. They were just a group of bullies who thought they would have the advantage of 4 kids against 1.

[Anonymous]

I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Show me some evidence that it does work? What i know is that one more than one occasion my children have been assaulted and once sexually harassed by mainstreamed kids. In both cases they did not learn empathy, they learned that there are no consequences for the SN kids and that they just have to take it.

If your child was assaulted or sexually harassed, did you fill out the Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation Form to report the incidents? Formally reporting incidents creates a record so the behavior is addressed. For Special Needs students, the report should be considered by the school’s IEP team to develop a plan to improve the student behavior.

For any student, if no one takes the time to submit the paperwork then the behavior goes unaddressed. BTW my child was attacked in a stairwell at Churchill this year and the students were not Special Needs as far as my child knows. They were just a group of bullies who thought they would have the advantage of 4 kids against 1.

Of course it was reported but there is nothing they can or will do because of the SN so my child had to stay in a class with a child who assaulted him. Would you expect someone to stay in a work place with someone who assaulted them? The sexual harasser was on the bus and they wouldn't remove him only put him in the front. Yes I get that it is hard for SN kids but that doesn't mean that all the other kids relinquish their right to go to a school without fear. There is no education, there is no advocacy they just throw all these kids together and expect that they will learn empathy. It is nonsense and not helpful to anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

Sorry, it's the precise opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

Sorry, it's the precise opposite.

Show us the evidence that it's "the precise opposite."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

Sorry, it's the precise opposite.

Show us the evidence that it's "the precise opposite."

How about you prove your hypothesis first.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Moran (the Director for Churchill) supposedly has new data from the student surveys broken out by school populations. You could contact him to see what the results were as they relate to students with disabilities.

[Anonymous]

For anyone interested, here is the Introduction from a scholarly article in Science Daily. No one wants their child to be victimized. It isn’t a contest who gets harassed more than another. The point is to get MCPS to provide the right resources and placements for kids with disabilities. They don’t always do that.
Bullying rates remain higher for children with disabilities, even as they mature
Schools should refocus efforts to help these children develop social skills to combat bullying in more positive ways
Date:
November 28, 2016
Source:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Summary:
More than 22 percent of children ages 12-18 say they have been bullied in school within the last month; a significant portion of those children have disabilities. However, little research exists on how bullying rates for individual children change over time. Now, a researcher and bullying expert has determined that children with disabilities are victimized by bullying at a much higher rate over time than their peers without disabilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For anyone interested, here is the Introduction from a scholarly article in Science Daily. No one wants their child to be victimized. It isn’t a contest who gets harassed more than another. The point is to get MCPS to provide the right resources and placements for kids with disabilities. They don’t always do that.
Bullying rates remain higher for children with disabilities, even as they mature
Schools should refocus efforts to help these children develop social skills to combat bullying in more positive ways
Date:
November 28, 2016
Source:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Summary:
More than 22 percent of children ages 12-18 say they have been bullied in school within the last month; a significant portion of those children have disabilities. However, little research exists on how bullying rates for individual children change over time. Now, a researcher and bullying expert has determined that children with disabilities are victimized by bullying at a much higher rate over time than their peers without disabilities.

DP. This talks about rates of bullying. Children with special needs are a small percentage of the population, so even if they individually on average harass more kids than the average child without special needs, these numbers will not address that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

Ok so since some SN kids are bullied that means that they should be allowed to threaten the health and safety of the NT kids? Aren’t the NT kids equally entitled to a proper education as well?

[Anonymous]

Parents want all children to be safe in school. Special Needs children supposedly have a mechanism (the IEP team) to develop a plan so behavior is addressed. The problem is that school staff often under report problems so problems go unaddressed. However, if your child is being affected, do all a favor and fill out the Bullying and Harassment form. That's a document that the IEP team cannot ignore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that the ratio of bullying of Special Needs students by non-Special Needs students at Churchill is much higher than the other way around. Students can be cruel from teasing students about the attributes of their disabilities (ie. how they talk or walk), excluding kids from groups for lunch, Homecoming, or Prom, to calling them names like retard, Special Eddie, or Sped. Before you think mainstreaming is hard on your child without disabilities, take a moment to think about how hard high school (let alone a high school like Churchill) is for children with visible differences and challenges.

Ok so since some SN kids are bullied that means that they should be allowed to threaten the health and safety of the NT kids? Aren’t the NT kids equally entitled to a proper education as well?

If your child is being mistreated, report that mistreatment to MCPS (and the police if warranted) and follow your complaint up the chain. Otherwise it sounds as if you are making meaningless generalizations because you don’t think kids with special needs as a group should be near your NT child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree there is far more to this story. The handcuffs are inappropriate but we don't know how out of control the situation was. Some of her comments were very dismissive of her child's behavior which makes me wonder.

In my county, they've been restraining kids for the most trivial things. My county doesn't admit any wrong doing and never provided any information to the mom of the young student who was stuffed behind furniture while the teachers were on facebook.

You go ahead pp and blame the child with disabilities. I'd bet the student had even less behavior than described.