Posted by JEAN BOWDEN on 6/19/05

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I wonder if someone could tell me if this fits into the
Due Process Discussion. I had an incident with my child in
a public school and reported it to the Police . A teacher
was using aversives on the autistic children for the
purpose of behavior modification. My child was age 10 and
was restrained in a brutal way for non compliance (we have
a video so it is not disputed) with very aggressive pain
compliance holds and takedowns
THe police came back and said "it was some kind of method
used on those kinds of kids"
SO I found out that they brought the video showing this
incident which showed her being tossed to the ground over
14 times for not sittng in a chair and not getting off the
flooretc it to a child abuse center run by the county. The
nurse called called a special school in our area (private
not part of the public school where the incident occured )
to ask advice of a social worker at this place. The social
worker and the director who were personal friends of the
teacher doing this to my child. AND had both actually
consulted to the public school classroom where this took
place did not disclose that they knew this teacher etc.
The person who we accused had worked at that school and
had learned those dangerous methods from them. THEY did
not tell the nurse of the conflict of interest due to
their close connection to the teacher and the school it
took place in. They did not disclose to the nurse that
they knew my child and me from a consultation they did on
her in that school and had been paid for as a
subcontractor outside consultant.
THEY DID NOT RECUSE THEMSELVES from the investigation of
this incident . THEY TOLD THE NURSE that it was extremely
theraputic to have this teacher grab my child and twist
her arm to get her on the floor as my child could say
READY UP to get out of the restraint. THey told the stupid
nurse that this was a form of behavior modification and so
on and so on.(I HAVE all the letters and documents from
the police report) SO THE NURSE did not know this and
relyed this back to the police who dropped the case
I have recently reported this to the state under the
division of licensure and it is being investigated.
HOWEVER I think that my poor child was not given due
process under the law since the investigation was rail
roaded by these two social friends and business associates
of the teacher. I am considering getting a lawyer to
attend this hearing at the board of Licensure that are
coming up. I went to one myself so far and want to also
report to the AG OFFICE.

Due Process for Disabled Child?, 6/19/05, by JEAN BOWDEN.

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