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I want to clarify a few things---when I mentioned confidentiality factor, it is the child's confidentiality I am referring to. Mr. Wilkinson and the PLSD cannot come out and say that the child being restrainted was a behaviorally disordered child who was having one of his daily outbursts. If they do, it will eventually come out who the child is and that from the school's standpoint must be kept confidential. By being so vague, it makes the school look bad, but the law states it must be done this way.

About contacting the parents....think out this....if abuse really took place, would the child still be in Tussing? I have children and if I believed for the slightest second that abuse took place, my child would be pulled from that classroom and taken somewhere else. I don't care if Social Service and the school said no it didn't happen, I'd pull them if there was reason to believe it happened. Here's the thing...the parents of these kids know they are bad, they know they throw fits and uncontrollable tantrums, and any reasonable parent that deals with this type of special needs child knows that restraining the child is necessary at times. Again...if you have never been in this situation, you would not understand. It is noted everytime a child is restrained and discussed with the parents periodically---most likely sent home in a daily or weekly report. Ten to one, the parents knew of the incident---just not that one particular person who does not know or fully understand the situation viewed it is as abuse. Many teachers will tell you that they don't have the patience to deal with this...it's not an easy job...but it has to be done. A person without some sort of background with special need children does not need to be making comments and disrupting things when the teacher is only doing his or her job.

And one final thing to ponder.....it is the job of the press to write things in such a way to produce controversy. It is a reporters job to make you question or think things you may have not concluded---they have a tendency to stretch the truth. Just keep that in mind.

Get your facts straight

The school didn't contact the parents--the nurse did. There was nothing to report to the parent because there was no abuse. Think about it...if this nurse was really concerned with this alleged child's welfare, why wait 2 months to contact the parents? Makes alot of sense to me. Let the child get 2 more months of abuse before doing anything about it. Read between the lines folks....the nurse wasn't getting what she wanted out of the school, so all of a sudden 2 months later she decides to let the parents know? What a crock of you know what. The child is still in school at Tussing correct? Come on! Would you leave your child in a school where they hurt them? This lady is out to cause a commotion and get her 2 minutes of fame. The press love these kind of people. I am sorry that those in the school district have to put up with stuff like this. More of our tax dollars down the drain to fight a worthless case. Wouldn't you think the alleged child who was supposedly abused have a better case??? Of course they would, but it did not happen like the nurse is making it out to be.

thanks

Thank you so much for this explantion, my mother taught in a severe behavior disorder classroom for 15 years. SBH As you know this is an unusual length of time to remain in this stressful environment where burnout is usually very high, she was a gift to these children and much appreciated.

It takes a special person to teach in any of these special classes and in many cases the turnover is great because it is such a challenge and stress is overwhelming.

Thank you for taking the time to explain what it is like, I cannot promise you that many who read will understand though, but a few will and that makes you effort worth it.

By closet philospher