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Chino teacher uses restraints that violate state regulations

Associated Press
September 17, 2006

CHINO, Calif. - A Chino school district has been cited by state education officials because a teacher improperly used restraint holds on elementary school special education students.

The move was prompted by a complaint filed by Kimble DaCosta, whose 7-year-old son Nathan was in the teacher's special education class at Newman Elementary School,

DaCosta said she and two other parents saw the teacher hold children in chairs by twisting their arms around the back and holding their wrists together.

The Chino Valley Unified School District has not identified the teacher, and district officials have not announced what disciplinary action has been taken.

School board members apologized to DaCosta during a Sept. 7 meeting.

"I can truly understand the emotion of the speaker, the mother," said school board member John Pruitt. "We took steps to correct it. But the bottom line - it shouldn't have happened."

California law forbids restraining students unless they are in danger of hurting themselves or others.

A state Department of Education investigator cited the district in June for allowing the teacher to use restraints without a behavioral plan, which provides official, individualized strategies for teachers to use with disruptive students.

The district was also cited for not notifying parents of the incidents.

 

 

 

 

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