An Atlanta mom is alleging that her 7-year-old autistic son was slapped by his instructor inside a classroom.
The alleged assault befell at Cleveland Avenue Elementary Faculty on Nov. 8. Police and officers with Atlanta Public Faculties are investigating the incident.
“I do not know what might’ve triggered this girl to react in a approach that she felt so threatened by my three-foot-tall baby,” Reginique Stinson instructed FOX 5 Atlanta.
Her son, Gabriel, was allegedly struck by the instructor inside his classroom so exhausting that one other instructor 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 instructor inside a classroom. (Google Earth)
“I simply can’t 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 baby,” Stinson stated. “I really feel like she positively took benefit of the truth that he is non-verbal in hitting him as a result of she knew he cannot actually communicate up for himself.”
APS faculty officers instructed FOX 5 that the district’s Workplace of Worker Relations and Atlanta Public Schools Police have opened investigations into the alleged slap.
Stinson stated she acquired few particulars in regards to the incident and that she has since noticed a change in her son’s habits.
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APS faculty 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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“Exterior of me dropping him off, my sister drops him off, and she or he was like, ‘He didn’t need to go into his classroom,'” she defined.
Stinson is asking on the district to raised train teachers with special education 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 transferring him to a different faculty.
It’s unclear what the instructor’s employment standing is after the slap.
