Two Montana Teacher's Aides Charged With Abuse of Special Needs Students

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-10-22 17:55

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'Two teacher's aides face felony charges stemming from allegations that they abused special needs students in their Montana middle school classroom.

Julie Ann Parish and Kristina Marie Kallies are each charged with one felony count of assault on a minor and one misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of children after the Great Falls Police Department investigated the alleged December abuse of student Garrett Schilling, then 13.

The aides are accused of holding Schilling's head under running water after he fell asleep in class, forcing him to sit in his soiled pants for hours and making him eat his own vomit when he got sick at Great Falls' North Middle School.
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"They were waterboarding my son," Schilling said, adding that she discovered the alleged abuse in April 2008, when a teacher's aide with whom she is friendly sent her an e-mail warning her of Garrett's teacher's aides.'

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This story makes me sick.

I also notice that it is another case of a child falling asleep in class. It is probably caused by meds given to many special education children. Schools usually insist that children with learning disabilities be drugged.

Most drugs given to children with learning disabilities (real or mis-diagnosed) effect sleep patterns (i.e Ritalin and Concerta).

The one thing that concerned me a bit about this story is that the mother has put him back in public school!

There is no way I would EVER put my child back into the system that abused him. Schools are hardly a place for any children let alone special needs children.

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2009-10-23 04:23