Posted on June 26, 2008 by Drake
The same teacher who humiliated an autistic boy in class, now has elected to defend her actions.
“Portillo said she did this as she felt that if (Alex) heard from his classmates how his behavior affected them that it would make a bigger difference to him, rather than just hearing it from adults,” according to a [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Drake
After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton said. By a 14 to 2 margin, the class voted him out of the class.
See story from TCPalm News site.
For shame on this teacher. No child, [...]
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