June 29, 2017, CBC News (Canada): Violence against Catholic school teachers frequent, says survey—‘I don’t see enough focus on trying to fix it.’ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-region-catholic-school-violence-against-teachers-oecta-1.4184015
Sixty per cent of Catholic school teachers have experienced violence and harassment perpetrated by students, but the violent acts often go unreported, according to the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association's survey findings.
The highlights from the survey of their members also reported that 94 per cent of violent acts are done by students.
Christine Stockie, the president of the Waterloo Region chapter of OECTA said she was not surprised about the numbers.
"At our local offices, we have conversations with teachers every day about violence in the schools," Stockie told CBC News.
She said there was a case where a secondary school teacher suffered a severe head injury after being tackled to the concrete ground by a student.
It was not reported to the police. Stockie said teachers often shy away from reporting student violence to police, especially in cases where the student has complex special needs.
Stockie said there are not enough resources for teachers and students, which are partly caused by cuts to special education programs, supply of social workers and other support staff. ...
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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