Articles labeled: Dennis Rivera

A NY kindergartener was handcuffed after having a temper tantrum at school.

Some reports claim that the school contacted various hospitals to set up a psychiatric evaluation for the boy.

The mother claims that the school used unnecessary force and brutality in handling her son who has some developmental issues and possibly ADHD.

Even though handcuffs seem way over the top for a little kindergartener, I reserve my judgement on this one. Some children with ADHD can disrupt the classroom and cause an unsafe environment if they are not being treated properly (medically).

Especially when the police states this:

The police report says the child was “punching his teacher and swinging wildly at school aides, that he smacked the assistant principal in the face, ran into a corner, and began to throw things on the floor.”

What is a teacher and school to do?

Now, if the classroom is not an appropriate learning environment for the child and his classmates, then the school does have a responsibility to find an alternative classroom for that child.

The class needs to be a safe and respectable learning enviroment for ALL the children.

NEW YORK (CBS) ― A Queens mother is demanding answers after her 5-year-old son was handcuffed at his public school for allegedly misbehaving.

The child, Dennis Rivera, a kindergartener at a Public School 81 in Ridgewood, was put on a chair after apparently acting up and handcuffed behind his back by a school safety agent, said Jasmina Vazquez, the boy’s mother.

“I think it was excessive force. It was unnecessary what they did to my son,” she told CBS 2.

Vasquez said her son, who suffers from asthma, has speech problems, and may have attention deficit disorder, was handled brutally.