Special Education Abuse Case: Control Yuan Corrects Taitung Guanshan Elementary School for Delayed Processing
The Control Yuan corrected Taitung Guanshan Elementary School regarding a child abuse case in its preschool special education class last year. The school was criticized for delaying the review of security footage, covering up the cause of injuries from parents, and delaying medical treatment for the child.
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(CNA Reporter Lai Yu-chen, Taipei, 21st) An abuse case was reported in a preschool special education class at Taitung Guanshan Elementary School last year. The Control Yuan recently passed an investigation report by Control Yuan Members Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua, issuing a correction to Taitung Guanshan Elementary School for delaying the clarification of security footage regarding the abused special education student, choosing inappropriate timing to handle the case, downplaying the cause of the injuries to the parents, and delaying the timing of sending the child to the hospital for injury verification.
In January of last year, a report surfaced that a special education student in the affiliated preschool of Taitung Guanshan Elementary School was subjected to violence and corporal punishment by a teacher, resulting in multiple external injuries. In addition to investigations by the Taitung County Government and prosecutorial authorities, Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua also applied for an automatic investigation.
The Education and Culture Committee of the Control Yuan passed the Control Yuan members' investigation report on the 16th, legally correcting Taitung Guanshan Elementary School and urging the Ministry of Education to use this as a lesson to establish regulations ensuring toddlers' rights to medical care and legal representatives' right to know during investigation procedures.
Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua stated in a press release today that in January of last year, the abused toddler in the preschool special education class at Taitung Guanshan Elementary School suffered multiple external injuries and subsequently exhibited acute stress reactions. On the morning of January 9, the school principal received the security footage showing the abusive teacher heavily slamming the special education student. Although the school reported a campus safety and disaster incident that day, it failed to classify it as an emergency incident under the "Guidelines for Reporting Campus Safety and Disaster Incidents" despite the "injury to a special education student." The school negligently failed to properly verify the child's injuries following the abuse and attributed the injuries to the child's own factors and environmental objects, rather than being subjected to violence.
The Control Yuan members explained that on February 27 of the same year, when the parents of the abused child assisted the county government's investigation team in identifying the security footage, they finally realized the child was injured by being kicked, pinned down, and heavily slammed. They questioned the principal for misleading them and covering up for the offending personnel, as well as delaying the opportunity to send the abused child to the hospital for injury verification. Subsequently, although the school upgraded the event to an emergency, it still listed the number of injured as zero. There were clear negligence and oversights in the process of auditing the affected children.
Furthermore, the Control Yuan members pointed out that although the school reported the incident online and immediately preserved the security camera footage to facilitate the Taitung County Government's legal investigation, it failed to inform the parents of the abused child about the crucial video footage. Instead, the school claimed the injuries were caused by a falling chair when the child "pulled the curtains of a dollhouse tent." This was clearly a trivialization of the incident. The school also failed to ensure the student's right to medical treatment after the abuse, delaying treatment and injury verification.
The Control Yuan members emphasized that regarding illegal incidents involving education and care personnel, there are currently no clear regulations on how to ensure children's rights to medical care during the investigation process, nor which unit is responsible for promptly explaining and informing the victim's parents of the extent of the harm. The Ministry of Education should take this incident as a warning and expedite the revision of relevant regulations.
The Control Yuan members also mentioned that the abusive teacher suffered a severe brain injury while on duty in the year 112 (2023). However, the elementary school failed to confirm the teacher's physical and mental recovery status, which led to the inappropriate treatment of the special education student upon returning to work. It is difficult to argue that this failure to assess is unrelated to the subsequent mistreatment of the child. The school and the county government clearly committed dereliction of duty. (Editor: Chang Jo-yao) 1150421
(CNA Reporter Lai Yu-chen, Taipei, 21st) An abuse case was reported in a preschool special education class at Taitung Guanshan Elementary School last year. The Control Yuan recently passed an investigation report by Control Yuan Members Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua, issuing a correction to Taitung Guanshan Elementary School for delaying the clarification of security footage regarding the abused special education student, choosing inappropriate timing to handle the case, downplaying the cause of the injuries to the parents, and delaying the timing of sending the child to the hospital for injury verification.
In January of last year, a report surfaced that a special education student in the affiliated preschool of Taitung Guanshan Elementary School was subjected to violence and corporal punishment by a teacher, resulting in multiple external injuries. In addition to investigations by the Taitung County Government and prosecutorial authorities, Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua also applied for an automatic investigation.
The Education and Culture Committee of the Control Yuan passed the Control Yuan members' investigation report on the 16th, legally correcting Taitung Guanshan Elementary School and urging the Ministry of Education to use this as a lesson to establish regulations ensuring toddlers' rights to medical care and legal representatives' right to know during investigation procedures.
Chi Hui-jung and Yeh Da-hua stated in a press release today that in January of last year, the abused toddler in the preschool special education class at Taitung Guanshan Elementary School suffered multiple external injuries and subsequently exhibited acute stress reactions. On the morning of January 9, the school principal received the security footage showing the abusive teacher heavily slamming the special education student. Although the school reported a campus safety and disaster incident that day, it failed to classify it as an emergency incident under the "Guidelines for Reporting Campus Safety and Disaster Incidents" despite the "injury to a special education student." The school negligently failed to properly verify the child's injuries following the abuse and attributed the injuries to the child's own factors and environmental objects, rather than being subjected to violence.
The Control Yuan members explained that on February 27 of the same year, when the parents of the abused child assisted the county government's investigation team in identifying the security footage, they finally realized the child was injured by being kicked, pinned down, and heavily slammed. They questioned the principal for misleading them and covering up for the offending personnel, as well as delaying the opportunity to send the abused child to the hospital for injury verification. Subsequently, although the school upgraded the event to an emergency, it still listed the number of injured as zero. There were clear negligence and oversights in the process of auditing the affected children.
Furthermore, the Control Yuan members pointed out that although the school reported the incident online and immediately preserved the security camera footage to facilitate the Taitung County Government's legal investigation, it failed to inform the parents of the abused child about the crucial video footage. Instead, the school claimed the injuries were caused by a falling chair when the child "pulled the curtains of a dollhouse tent." This was clearly a trivialization of the incident. The school also failed to ensure the student's right to medical treatment after the abuse, delaying treatment and injury verification.
The Control Yuan members emphasized that regarding illegal incidents involving education and care personnel, there are currently no clear regulations on how to ensure children's rights to medical care during the investigation process, nor which unit is responsible for promptly explaining and informing the victim's parents of the extent of the harm. The Ministry of Education should take this incident as a warning and expedite the revision of relevant regulations.
The Control Yuan members also mentioned that the abusive teacher suffered a severe brain injury while on duty in the year 112 (2023). However, the elementary school failed to confirm the teacher's physical and mental recovery status, which led to the inappropriate treatment of the special education student upon returning to work. It is difficult to argue that this failure to assess is unrelated to the subsequent mistreatment of the child. The school and the county government clearly committed dereliction of duty. (Editor: Chang Jo-yao) 1150421