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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the video evidence will be key.

Years ago, my daughter was in the hallway at Churchill and she was hit in the face for no reason by a child in the Bridge program.  There were two paraeducators present but it happened so fast that the staff could not restrain the kid.  My kid was hit hard enough that she needed medical attention and had a concussion. [/quote]

That's crazy.

Did you sue the parents?[/quote]

No and I didn't sue the school.  My daughter said that the boy laughed after he hit her. She could tell that he was Special Needs and that he was just a big kid (over 200 lbs.) who didn't understand what he was doing. The paraeducators (2 assigned because this child had a history) were apologetic. I put myself in their shoes and thought I would not have been able to stop him from hitting a random kid. My child was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The incident was written up because of MCPS procedures. I let the school and parents work out what the reprocussions for the child should be.  There's no easy answers for what to do with a child like that.

On other occasions, my child saw a high functioning autistic girl who was mistreated by staff which caused her behavior to escalate at times necessitating a class to evacuate till her parents could pick her up.  The girl would get nervous during tests so she would hum and the teacher or special ed staff would ask her to be quiet.  The girl would get more nervous then hum louder causing the teacher to yell. Then it escalated to a full blown temper tantrum on the floor.  The girl needed her own space for assessments and the problems could have been avoided. This was a regular class setting,  not the Bridge program.

I think the video will be key to show the behavior of the staff and the student.  It's sad that a solution could not be reached between the family and school system without a lawsuit. No one wins.[/quote]

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