can teachers touch your child.?

Question

a boy had hit my child he pinched his arm and the teacher grabbed my childs arm, they told me they were trained and allow too, is this right.

Answer 1

There is NO TRAINING to harm a child in ANY way or form.

Take this up with the head and ask him what the procedures are in this case. If he confirms the teachers statement or If you are not happy with his reply, tell him so and also let him know that you intend to contact the local school welfare office to complain about this teachers actions.

There will be other avenues you can take on this matter and your school welfare office will be able to supply telephone numbers and address's of these agencies.

As a security guard, we are only allowed to rest our hand on a persons shoulder unless making a citizens arrest in which case we must be VERY CAREFUL in how we handle the case as we can get charged with assault amongst other charges! Funny old Law !!!!

Hope I have helped you

Answer 2

Assuming that your child is very young, pinching normally stops by age five or so. Teacher picking him up and moving him away from the situation is clever move! Little ones get a red mist at times and have not yet got the social or emotional skills to sort things out sensibly. As a parent you need to back the school up, explain to your child that the other kids was naughty to hit him, but he was naughty tor react in that way. By taking him out of the situation the teacher allowed him time to cool down and prevent him doing anything further.

Thank the teacher for her intervention, tell the teacher you have spoken to your child and explained that pinching is wrong and also ask that she keeps an eye on the relationship between these two for a while. You are happy to support the schools dont hit back policy, but want assurances that your child will not become a victim of bullying.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Now there is a policy for things like that. The teacher did not abuse or harm your child. Grabbing your child's arm is alright. The question is did the teacher leave any marks or bruises? The teacher may have had a special reason and it may have been a instinct to do that. If you are really mad and you feel like you have the rights to do something about it. I would call a lawyer and get a free consultation first. A lawyer would know what actions you can or cannot take. Now if the teacher performed corporal punishment without your consent you can sue that teacher.

I would not jump into any conclusion before I am sure of all my facts. Good luck!

Answer 4

This is a very grey area and many teachers and schools err on the safe side. I think the word is touch inappropriately whatever that means. I think this is often a case were things are read into actions which are far from the mind of anyone , . I was caned frequently at school and I must say generally it was deserved and for each time I was caned unfairly there were many times when I was not caned at all and deserved it.

I think a lesson needs to be learned that if you break the rules of society (the school etc) something unpleasent is likely to happen to you. I did not like the cane, it hurt, but at least I knew what I had done and the matter was closed. No need for educational phsycologists verbal warnings written warnings. The most severe punishment wa a record card which had to be filled in by a teacher after each lesson for a week and was loathed by all. That was the end of the line step over it and well I don't know because no one ever did

Answer 5

There are classes that some teachers do take in order to learn how to control a situation that may escalate into violence. Teachers that take this training are certified and must renew their certification once a year. They are trained to use both verbal and physical techniques in order to control a situation and not harm either child. Teachers that are not trained may not use physical force unless the situation warrants it. If the teacher tried to first verbally handle the situation and then had to use physical means then the teacher did the right thing. I have been punched, kicked, and shoved by students while breaking up fights. I don't know the age of the children involved but if the situation isn't corrected at a young age, it could become much more serious when the child is older. A student knocked one of my co-workers down a flight of stairs when she was trying to break up a fight. Parents complain, but I want to know where is the protection for the teacher?

Answer 6

If it was your child who had been 'assaulted' why was the teacher 'grabbing his arm' and not the arm of the one who 'did the assault' in the first place? IF the teacher 'grabbed your child's arm' to 'get him away' from the boy who was hurting him, the 'touching' was 'okay' both legally and morally, although you may be able to 'complain' if it was done in such a way that your child 'felt injured' by it. If the teacher 'grabbed your child's arm' because s/he believed that it was your son's FAULT that the 'assault' took place, you can and should complain ... and if you aren't given any 'good hearing' and you KNOW that your child will be 'safe' from this in future, then 'go up the ladder' all the way to the School Superintendant if necessary to be sure that 'all parents' know this is 'wrong' and that no other children are ever 'hurt again' in this way. A teacher saying that they've been 'trained' and that 'grabbing' is allowed is JUST PLAIN WRONG... every 'school of education' I know of teaches their 'trainees' to use 'other than physical force' on ALL CHILDREN and to only 'use it very carefully' and ONLY TO THE CHILD DOING THE ASSAULT, and NEVER to the 'assaulted child' ... so be sure to ask for names, dates, and the 'training scheme name' so you can put it into any 'further complaints' you may have.

Answer 7

As a primary school governor, I come across this question all too frequently.

To be perfectly honest, you are likely to be receiving only half the story from your child. Even of your child was not the perpetrator of the incident, the chances are he was in the process of retaliating (or the teacher thought that this was about to happen) and the teacher restrained him. This, provided excessive force is not used, would be deemed acceptable and, ultimately, in the child's best interests.

I would suggest you sit down with the child and talk through the entire incident - including probing behind the initial version of events. Remember, even the most honest child is going to try to put themselves in the best possible light by not mentioning anything that may not be favourable to their cause.

If, once you have done that, you still have concerns, take the opportunity to speak to the Head and Chair of Governors. I'm sure that this issue can be sorted out to everyone's satisfaction if a calm approach to this issue is taken.

Answer 8

No! Teachers are'nt allowed to touch your child. They can talk and reason with the child e.g ask him to say sorry etc. If the child does'nt obey he gets sent to the principal. If he still dis-obeys then he misses a playtime or something like that. If this child is naughty a few more time then he'll have to leave school for a while. But it sound as if your boy was provoked so the teacher was'nt allowed to hold your child. I have kids Primary age i might add. Good luck with whatever you do next! ps. i'm in England by the way. x

Answer 9

There are certain allowances made. Sometimes children need to be physically touched to get their attention. The teachers can no longer beat a child. They can not physically restrain a child unless that child is causing harm to him/herself or others. They can not aid the child while using the rest room unless there is another monitor present. They can not even give a child a hug (without supervision) should the child be having a bad day. They can not verbally abuse a child. First you need to understand that kids will be kids. Children should be taught not to be bullies. Children and teachers should know the signs of bulling. NO child should be punished because he/she's been a victim of a bully. There have been bullies since the dawn of time. Most often they have been dismissed as the cool kids. The victim was the one who felt the humiliation from both the teacher and the bully. The majority of teachers are not equipped mentally to deal with or recognize bullying.

Answer 10

ok well what about this scene? my son called his friend a b word I don't approve of this language coming from 16 year olds but whatever they all joke around yes he's in trouble for it but off point, anyways the teacher heard him and said no we don't talk to girls this way and according to the incident report he started to say f this and f that i'll do what I want when asked to stop saying and go to the principal's office he put his arms up and got upset this particular paraprofessional tried to get between him and another student be cause my son was getting so upset he and I quote "seemed like he was going to hit something or genuine possibility he could hit someone and kept waling away with his hand s up mad. staff asked him again to go to the office or they would call for an escort he was still being sketchy with his hands and so staff grabbed one of his wrists. Now when I talked to the teacher she said he was throwing his hands up not threatening anyone or anything just tossing his hands around and that there was a child behind him he almost "hit" now his friends are saying this isn't accurate and my son says the same thing he never tossed his hands up they remained at his side he does however agree with the fact he was swearing. On top of that the other report from the other teacher who is a "witness" says he was throwing around his back pack which he DOES NOT OWN and the first teacher even said there was no backpack that she saw so to me this sounds like grabbing his wrist what should I do? I think this teacher was out of line I want to file a complaint