What the Research Says Elopement is defined as an individual leaving a specified area without supervision or caregiver permission (Lang et al., 2009). While elopement is not often broadcast in mainstream discussions outside of children-related settings it is something to be considered. Elopement is a serious issue that is quite frankly a more common issue than one might realize specifically in the world of special education. Elopement is something can that occurs across all settings like in the school, at public functions, at the daycare, at home, and even under familiar supervision. The National Autism Association reports that (2011), “ forty-eight percent of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder attempt to elope from a safe environment.
…show more content…
Ms. Chip’s class was going out into the community for an experience called Community Based Instruction or “CBI”, and Duane could not participate on that day because he had recently been ill and they felt safer with him staying at the school. Ms. Chip then spoke with Mrs. Jabber about watching him for a couple of hours while they went out. Mrs. Jabber knew of Duane around the building, but she had never had a personal encounter with him before this time. Mrs. Jabber informed Ms. Chip that she was okay to watch him to just drop him off before they …show more content…
Did Mrs. Jabber and Ms. Brown fail to protect Duane to the best of their ability? McCarthy and Cambron-McCabe say that “teachers have to anticipate foreseeable dangers and take necessary precautions to protect students in their care”. There are four aspects to determining if negligence occurred and they are the duty, breach, causation, and injury. Duty involved Mrs. Jabber and Ms. Brown’s responsibilities to the students. Their duties as educators included being able to provide instruction, protect the students’ rights, safety and to provide support to them and their families. In this case specifically did they adequately supervise the children left in their charge? The both left the vicinity of the children and that is never an acceptable situation. As a teacher and aide in a special education setting specifically one for severe and profound disabilities, these students need constant
Ms. Chip’s class was going out into the community for an experience called Community Based Instruction or “CBI”, and Duane could not participate on that day because he had recently been ill and they felt safer with him staying at the school. Ms. Chip then spoke with Mrs. Jabber about watching him for a couple of hours while they went out. Mrs. Jabber knew of Duane around the building, but she had never had a personal encounter with him before this time. Mrs. Jabber informed Ms. Chip that she was okay to watch him to just drop him off before they …show more content…
Did Mrs. Jabber and Ms. Brown fail to protect Duane to the best of their ability? McCarthy and Cambron-McCabe say that “teachers have to anticipate foreseeable dangers and take necessary precautions to protect students in their care”. There are four aspects to determining if negligence occurred and they are the duty, breach, causation, and injury. Duty involved Mrs. Jabber and Ms. Brown’s responsibilities to the students. Their duties as educators included being able to provide instruction, protect the students’ rights, safety and to provide support to them and their families. In this case specifically did they adequately supervise the children left in their charge? The both left the vicinity of the children and that is never an acceptable situation. As a teacher and aide in a special education setting specifically one for severe and profound disabilities, these students need constant