by Dan DeMarle | Aug 31, 2023 | Abuse and Neglect, Special Education, Uncategorized
Five staffers at an elementary school are facing criminal charges after police say a video showed them forcing a 7-year-old student with a disability to eat his own vomit. According to a news release from the Brownsburg Police Department, investigators were contacted...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 17, 2023 | Abuse and Neglect, Covid-19, Disability, Legislation
COVID-19 PANDEMIC OVERSIGHT COMPTROLLER REPORT ‘Inconsistent emergency management coordination and oversight put residents, families and staff in harm’s way’ Nancy Cutler – Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C ib 4/8/23 on...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 1, 2023 | Abuse and Neglect, Child sexual abuse/exploitation/sex trafficking, Gender, Parents/Guardians
Currently, only seven states ban the practice with no exceptions. One 2021 study found that 300,000 minors under the age of 18 were legally married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018. n addition to starting a digital letter writing campaign and requesting a...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 15, 2022 | Abuse and Neglect, Special Education
The U.S. Department of Justice has settled with a school district, the Frederick County School District, in Maryland after finding that educators “systematically and improperly” secluded and restrained students with disabilities thousands of times....
by Dan DeMarle | Jun 6, 2021 | Abuse and Neglect, Covid-19
The stress on families due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk for child abuse and neglect, which already were at alarming levels. In 2018, an estimated 678,000 children were victims of abuse or neglect, according to the U.S. Children’s Bureau. Certain...
by Dan DeMarle | May 18, 2021 | Abuse and Neglect, Child sexual abuse/exploitation/sex trafficking, Hilton CSD
Gary Craig – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 5/5/21 on page A2 Suspended Hilton school district principal Kirk Ashton had an elementary student in his office during lunch periods, then would have the boy sit on his...
