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Research local cases of corporal punishment or reported cases of abuse by teachers within your community or state and discuss your findings. Sadly Nevada ranks # 1 in the nation for child abuse according from Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention. This brings me to tell you that there are several cases in the state of Nevada against schoolteachers and civil cases against the school district that are pending. The Clark County School District has now been named in a civil lawsuit alleging that administrators failed to remove an abusive teacher even after those who witnessed it first-hand in the classroom officially reported the abuse. The criminal case against former Clark County special ED teacher Mamie Hubbard-Washington is already scheduled to go to trial this summer -- she faces five felony counts of child abuse. The abuse accorded to kids who suffer from autism. Five kids suffered corporal punishment by this teacher for a period of a year. Kids would go home with bruises and signs of abuse. It wasn’t until the grandmother of one of the kids took the child to her pediatrician and the doctor informed her to report it to the police. The law also requires the pediatrician to report the abuse. My question is why did it take a year to report? http://www.8newsnow.com/story/7134296/shocking-case-of-alleged-child-abuse-by-las-vegas-teacher What factors led to the juvenile and teacher acting in the manner they did? These five kids have autism and need more attention and patience than other kids. This teacher was not qualified to teach these kids. She would grab their arms causing bruises, chocking, yelling, making them eat when they didn’t want to, and forced them to spit up the food. Each teacher needs to have a high standard of learning and teaching. Especially when teaching kids with special needs. This teacher disregarded her professional and moral values when she continued teaching these kids without having the capacity to do so. Each year I read more cases of child abuse, especially with kids that have a special disability. Kids with special disabilities are susceptible to abuse. The sings are visible, emotional and physical, just have to look and communicate. Develop a plan of action to help both the student and educator to remediate such behaviors and create a classroom that provides for both the needs of the student and educator. The first thing is respect. The teacher needs to go into the classroom with respect, professionalism, knowledge of the class studies and love. Teach each child the subjects and learn in a group atmosphere. Teach children that the teacher is there to teach them, and have an open door policy for what ever else they want to talk about. Kids learn effectively when the subject is fun and challenging. But also, like at home, boundaries need to be set up. Everybody needs to know what is expected of them and consequences will be in place if the rules are broken. With love and patience each child can learn and discover new abilities.

How can these changes be beneficial to both the educational and justice systems? The Clark county school system is been sued civilly for not investigating the accusations of abuse, and they should be held liable. I don’t understand this concept because in nursing, if a person is accused of abuse, the person is suspended pending investigation. If after three days the allegations are false, the person comes back to work and those lost wages are compensated. Why isn’t this practice used with people that work with children? They are just as burnable as the elderly. The educational system and judicial system will loose money that could have been implemented in beneficial areas that benefit education. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/7134296/shocking-case-of-alleged-child-abuse-by-las-vegas-teacher

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