An Atlanta mother is alleging that her 7-year-old autistic son was slapped by his trainer inside a classroom.
The alleged assault came about at Cleveland Avenue Elementary College on Nov. 8. Police and officers with Atlanta Public Faculties are investigating the incident.
”I do not know what might’ve brought on this woman to react in a manner that she felt so threatened by my three-foot-tall youngster,” Reginique Stinson instructed FOX 5 Atlanta.
Her son, Gabriel, was allegedly struck by the trainer inside his classroom so exhausting that one other trainer heard it and reported it, Stinson was instructed after the incident.
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An Atlanta mother is alleging that her 7-year-old autistic son was slapped by his trainer inside a classroom. (Google Earth)
”I simply cannot think about how my son might’ve felt in that second. He’s by no means skilled one thing like that. I don’t hit my youngster,” Stinson stated. ”I really feel like she undoubtedly took benefit of the truth that he is non-verbal in hitting him as a result of she knew he cannot actually converse up for himself.”
APS college officers instructed FOX 5 that the district’s Workplace of Worker Relations and Atlanta Public Faculties Police have opened investigations into the alleged slap.
Stinson stated she obtained few particulars concerning the incident and that she has since noticed a change in her son’s habits.
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APS college officers stated the district’s Workplace of Worker Relations and Atlanta Public Faculties Police have opened investigations into the slap. (Google Earth)
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”Outdoors of me dropping him off, my sister drops him off, and she or he was like, ’He didn’t wish to go into his classroom,'” she defined.
Stinson is looking on the district to raised prepare lecturers with particular schooling college students and urging APS to put in cameras inside all lecture rooms. She additionally stated she has taken her son out of that class and is contemplating shifting him to a different college.
It’s unclear what the trainer’s employment standing is after the slap.