Feb 5, 2018, (Canada) Winnipeg Free Press: Teachers urged to report all assaults, even minor or accidental https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/teachers-urged-to-report-all-assaults-even-minor-or-accidental-472817313.html Teachers will report when they are intentionally punched in the face, but not when they are pinched or slapped by a student living with special needs. Now the Winnipeg Teachers' Association and the chairwoman of the Winnipeg School Division want to change that. Both Kristin Insull, president of the Teachers' Association, and WSD chairwoman Sherri Rollins, said teachers are underreporting physical and verbal incidents against them. They call on teachers to report all such incidents they experience on the job, no matter if they are extremely violent or minimal. … "They don't want to use the word 'violent' for a pinch or a scratch if it wasn't intentional or if it was by an inclusion support student. But you need a paper trail to be able to bring in additional resources to deal with it. … "This is long overdue."
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.