Montana teacher’s aides face felony abuse charges
October 26th, 2009From ABC News (with video):
Two teacher’s aides are facing felony criminal charges for allegedly abusing Montana middle school students with disabilities last year.
Witnesses have accused Julie Parish and Kristina Marie Kallies of abusing 14-year Garret Schilling, who has Fragile X syndrome and limited verbal skills, by holding his head under running water, making him eat his own vomit, and leaving him sitting in his own feces for prolonged periods.
Other families have also come forward with allegations of abuse, including one report that a girl with cerebral palsy came home with chunks of hair missing.
The aides have resigned but deny the allegations.
See also:
Great Falls educators open window on special ed in wake of abuse charges — Great Falls Tribune
Editorial: Sunshine could help reassure special-needs community — Great Falls Tribune
Attorney general won’t investigate alleged school abuse — Great Falls Tribune
Special Ed Teacher Accused of Abusing Students — [Nashville, TN] WSMV
Lawsuit claims teacher abused special needs students — Nashville Newschannel5
This entry was posted
on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 3:03 pm and is filed under Down syndrome, abuse, autism, cerebral palsy, criminal justice, education, fragile x.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Email This Post
Our RSS Feed