"He bit her for a toy"/ The child with Down syndrome is attacked at school

2023-10-31 21:13:00, Denoncim CNA

"He bit her for a toy"/ The child with Down syndrome is attacked at

"Stop" was this Tuesday in Vlora. The lady in charge of the show's editorial office has a 7-year-old son with Down syndrome, who attends the first grade at a special school.

The lady says that her son was bitten by his classmate in the presence of the teachers and the latter treated the case as not problematic.

"I am the mother of a 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome. The second week I was bitten and I had a very strong reaction, an emotional state I don't know how to explain, but it is very difficult for a parent that a child is bitten at school. Nothing was said to me that day. I saw the child on the street complaining to me. He had bitten a child who was epileptic with a diagnosis and he was a little aggressive and it is his fault that he did not take proper care that this happened ," said the whistleblower.

But in fact, after the first case, the incident was repeated two more times. The 7-year-old himself manages to tell about the bite on his arm, which he says was done by a baby.

Reporter: How old are you? Do you want the microphone? How many fingers will you pull out?

Child: Seven! (shows 7 fingers)

Reporter: Did he bite you here on the arm?

Child: (Points to arm) BABY.

The mother says that she is worried about her son's future, as there is no perspective for children with this problem in Vlora.

The 9-year special school in Vlora has 35 children and 20 teachers, 2 teachers for a maximum of 6 students.

We met the guardian teacher Genta and the assistant teacher Pranvera.

The caretaker teacher denied that the incident happened, while the assistant said that the first episode happened in her presence.

"I do not know. Please I have work. In the first grade, no bite occurred during the lesson when I was present. The child has left school, I don't know," she said.

Journalist: There have been episodes of child biting...

Teacher Spring: It happened!

Journalist: Where were you when the child was bitten?

Teacher Pranvera: Now I also have free hours, I am an assistant teacher, I am hired for 20 hours of work a week. During the hours that I have assisted as an assistant teacher, I support other teachers in their work. I was present myself in the first episode. In a second, the friend catches the friend, bites him, because they are fighting over a toy. At the moment he bit and of course I shooed him away. We decided today to check them, so that neither I nor anyone else has it.

We also met the director of the school, Eda Llambro, who guaranteed that such a situation will not be repeated. She admitted that there is a teacher in the classroom all the time and the bite of the child was done in the eye of the teacher.

"I had a meeting with the teachers who teach in that class. I have advised them, I have suggested ways of working. Both teachers stay in the classroom. The teachers in the class have been. It can also be an episode that takes place in seconds. I do not justify this part at all. The teachers have been in the classroom.

With the parent of the child who is aggressive, I have taken measures for all kinds of things. We have pointed out, we have told him why this is happening to him, we have heard how to treat the child.

I have taken all measures, the guarantee is 100%. Even yesterday's case, I did not understand why it happened. They won't happen again," she said./tvklan