Comments on: School Aide Charged With Aggravated Child Abuse http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:44:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonnie Sayers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-555877 Bonnie Sayers Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:43:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/#comment-555877 It looks like this is in Florida and not CA. It looks like this is in Florida and not CA.

]]> By: Bonnie Sayers http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-555876 Bonnie Sayers Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:40:52 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/#comment-555876 This is CA news and first I have read of it, but way behind in my google alerts too. Now I will read the tribune story. This is CA news and first I have read of it, but way behind in my google alerts too. Now I will read the tribune story.

]]> By: Regan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-557948 Regan Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:09:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/#comment-557948 Well, thank Gosh for Ms. McNeil following and stopping Mr. Green. (Does anyone know how to say, "I am at a loss as to what to do--can you help me?".) If after 9 years of experience, even without specific training, although with general training, the best he could figure was to smack a student's head into a wall--twice--and yell so loudly in a closed room that it could be heard 50 feet away, it makes me wonder if this is the first time that something abusive has occurred. CS said, <i>This is the true issue affecting autistic children and more time and energy should be given to combat it.</i> Agreed. This is the thing that concerns me more than any issue offered by my daughter's autism--that she might be mistreated or hurt or have negative behavior shaped or escalated in the interest of getting an "education" or "training". In searching for a little more about this particular incident, a couple of somewhat related articles came up. Both eyebrow raising in their own way, <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/sep/12/vicki-carr-rodriguez-injuries-class-disruptions-ca/">Vicki Carr-Rodriguez: Injuries, class disruptions caused by unruly special ed students not isolated incidents</a> (Carr-Rodriguez is vice president of the St. Lucie County [FL] Classroom Teachers Association and Classified Unit. ) Friday, September 12, 2008 in response to Colleen Wixon’s article, <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/22/30gtmistreatment-of-autistic-students-is-an-some/">Mistreatment of autistic students is an ‘epidemic,’ some Treasure Coast [FL] parents say</a>Aug. 22, which spoke of the epidemic of “abuses” of special education (specifically autistic) children that parents reported to the state’s hotline. Well, thank Gosh for Ms. McNeil following and stopping Mr. Green. (Does anyone know how to say, “I am at a loss as to what to do–can you help me?”.) If after 9 years of experience, even without specific training, although with general training, the best he could figure was to smack a student’s head into a wall–twice–and yell so loudly in a closed room that it could be heard 50 feet away, it makes me wonder if this is the first time that something abusive has occurred.

CS said,
This is the true issue affecting autistic children and more time and energy should be given to combat it.

Agreed. This is the thing that concerns me more than any issue offered by my daughter’s autism–that she might be mistreated or hurt or have negative behavior shaped or escalated in the interest of getting an “education” or “training”.

In searching for a little more about this particular incident, a couple of somewhat related articles came up. Both eyebrow raising in their own way,

Vicki Carr-Rodriguez: Injuries, class disruptions caused by unruly special ed students not isolated incidents
(Carr-Rodriguez is vice president of the St. Lucie County [FL] Classroom Teachers Association and Classified Unit. )
Friday, September 12, 2008

in response to
Colleen Wixon’s article, Mistreatment of autistic students is an ‘epidemic,’ some Treasure Coast [FL] parents sayAug. 22, which spoke of the epidemic of “abuses” of special education (specifically autistic) children that parents reported to the state’s hotline.

]]> By: Club 166 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-557945 Club 166 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:30:13 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/#comment-557945 <b><i>"..Green, who is married and has two adult children, is the second school staff member in Sarasota County's schools arrested this year and accused of abusing special education students. ..."</b></i> Well, I guess it's good to see that in at least one place in Florida they're starting to get the idea that it's not good to abuse kids. Joe “..Green, who is married and has two adult children, is the second school staff member in Sarasota County’s schools arrested this year and accused of abusing special education students. …”

Well, I guess it’s good to see that in at least one place in Florida they’re starting to get the idea that it’s not good to abuse kids.

Joe

]]> By: CS http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-563256 CS Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:24:44 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/school-aide-charged-with-aggravated-child-abuse/#comment-563256 This is the true issue affecting autistic children and more time and energy should be given to combat it. This is the true issue affecting autistic children and more time and energy should be given to combat it.

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