There is a growing movement of parents who want to have cameras placed into Special Education classrooms. Students who are non-verbal cannot tell their parent what happened at school, but the cameras would be able to record the events for them. The presence of a camera could prevent situations where students are abused by the teacher. Earlier this year, Stuart Chaifetz started getting notes sent home from school with his son, Akian. The notes said he was having violent outbursts at school, which was very unlike him. Akian has autism, and has difficulties with verbal communication, so he couldn’t simply … Continue reading →

Have you heard about this incident? A teacher in a Special Education classroom placed a student into a large, cardboard, refrigerator box for a “time out”. The teacher was suspended ten days without pay and has now been allowed to return to work at a different school. The mother of the student who was put in a box is outraged. Sadly, this isn’t the first story to hit the news that reports on the bad behavior of a teacher who worked in a Special Education classroom. Earlier this year, Stuart Chaifetz learned that his son, Akian, was being bullied by … Continue reading →

Lately, there have been many stories in the news about children who were in special education classrooms and who were being mistreated. Some believe that the solution is to integrate students who have special needs into mainstream classrooms. What is the best way to do that? Recently, a father wanted to know what was happening in his son’s classroom that was causing him to have violent outbursts. He sent his son, who has autism, to school with a hidden audio recording device. The six hours of audio revealed that his son was being bullied by his teachers. In January of … Continue reading →