Brickbat: No Running in the Halls

In Ohio, a Dayton Public Schools employee has resigned after being caught on video striking a 3-year-old special-needs student. Video shows Braylen Tootle, who is reportedly autistic and nonverbal, running down the hall as the employee, who hasn't been named, chases after him. The employee caught up to Braylen and struck him in the back of the head, knocking him down. The employee then picked the boy up by his feet, carrying him away dangling upside down. Braylen's parents said they were told only that an incident with their child had taken place and it took them almost a month to get a copy of the video. The police department said it has presented its case to local prosecutors. In a statement, the school system said it is working to make sure "employees are properly trained and qualified for their positions in an effort to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future."

Comments

[Jerryskids]

What the hell is a three year old special needs kid doing locked up in a school? And how else would you expect his jailer to treat him other than to beat him unmercifully?

[Inigo Montoya]

The school says the problem is a lack of training. Do teachers really need to trained not to strike kids in the back of the head and carry them by their feet? If so, they better spell out all the forbidden ways to stop a kid from running in the halls. So, no using nets, lassos, South American bolos, harpoons, or grappling hooks. They need to put that in the training manual.

[SQRLSY One]

And we need 12 PHds to design the training materials! The education establishment is HUNGRY!!!!

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

Wait, no harpoons?!

Shit.

[mad.casual]

I think your conceptualization of how to stop kids from running in the hall is a bit narrow.

[Wizard4169]

On-topic and actually amusing? I stand amazed.

[Adans smith]

And once again, the taxpayers are going to pay for a 'lack of training'.

[MatthewSlyfield]

It's unfortunate that government officials that get sued for misconduct are indemnified by the taxpayer.

However, I hope you aren't suggesting that means that their victims don't deserve compensation.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Mainstreaming. It's what's best for both the special needs student as well as his classmates.

[Davy C]

It depends. A sufficiently disruptive student is *not* best for his classmates.

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

This.

[flag58]

3 year old in a public school?
Pre pre K?

[Wizard4169]

The linked article described it as an "Early Learning Center". So probably little more than glorified day care.

[rbike]

My wife works at a local school assisting students. Part time. No degree or anything required but she is more than qualified. She has individual students assigned to her. Often special needs of some sort. There are often violent outbursts. She is currently getting a tendon repaired due to a child's outburst. Workman's comp covering this.

[Idaho Bob]

My daughter specializes is special needs kids, mostly autistic. She has been assaulted several times. Once she had an almost-broken nose accompanied by two black eyes.

Side note - She carried the injury report around because her BF is 6'3" and people accused him of DV.

[Longtobefree]

In a statement, the school system said it is working to make sure "employees are properly trained and qualified for their positions in an effort to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future."

Missing from the "school system" statement is any mention of all the actual people involved in hiring the abuser getting fired for incompetence. If that employee was not qualified, and not trained, fire all the higher ups and bar them from contact with children for life. That is how you "prevent such incidents from occurring in the future."

[TangoDelta]

So the dude probably just thought it was going to be a mass shooter event since the kid was only 3 and is way too young for school so the only logical answer is that this kid must have been planning something nefarious, broke into the school, and was caught in the act of massive evil doing. Good on the brave warrior who who probably only had a 10x weight advantage which likely only hindered his ability to run fast and scoop up the tot on the fly; he was doubtlessly winded and struggling to even breathe when he swatted the tot face first into the marble floor. Such courage should be applauded.
[\sarcasm]