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<blockquote data-quote="Banjo" data-source="post: 221963" data-attributes="member: 96">Intdude, thank you for sharing your story with us. I know it's an awful, awful thing that this happened to your child.This is why I advocate against students staying at the school as residential students. There are just far too many similar cases to be ignored, but it is being ignored anyway. I urge that you spread public awareness of this problem because this occurs at many residential schools for the deaf. We had a horrible, horrible situation at Jericho Hill School in British Columbia, Canada.To read a report on the abuse at Jericho Hill School, <a href="http://www.ombud.gov.bc.ca/reports/Public_Reports/PR32_Jericho_Hill_School.html">click here</a>A residential student is at a much higher risk of being abused in comparison to a day student, period. It also makes the situation more difficult because they are without their parents and at a long distance from their homes. They are being watched by non-relatives and low-paid staff. I strongly believe that most of the house-parents are not capable of doing the job properly due to most being non-certificated. It's a very scary thought, I don't approve of residential schools at all. A child should always live at home, never the school because their parents are the most important figures in their lives. Spending 5 days a week away from home isn't right, and worse, there are some schools where students can only go home for the holidays.I give you my deepest sympathies that it happened to your child. I hope your child will be able to overcome of what happened and that the superintendent will be fired. You can get the superintendent fired if you get enough support. You can do it and you have my support!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banjo, post: 221963, member: 96"] Intdude, thank you for sharing your story with us. I know it's an awful, awful thing that this happened to your child. This is why I advocate against students staying at the school as residential students. There are just far too many similar cases to be ignored, but it is being ignored anyway. I urge that you spread public awareness of this problem because this occurs at many residential schools for the deaf. We had a horrible, horrible situation at Jericho Hill School in British Columbia, Canada. To read a report on the abuse at Jericho Hill School, [URL=http://www.ombud.gov.bc.ca/reports/Public_Reports/PR32_Jericho_Hill_School.html]click here[/URL] A residential student is at a much higher risk of being abused in comparison to a day student, period. It also makes the situation more difficult because they are without their parents and at a long distance from their homes. They are being watched by non-relatives and low-paid staff. I strongly believe that most of the house-parents are not capable of doing the job properly due to most being non-certificated. It's a very scary thought, I don't approve of residential schools at all. A child should always live at home, never the school because their parents are the most important figures in their lives. Spending 5 days a week away from home isn't right, and worse, there are some schools where students can only go home for the holidays. I give you my deepest sympathies that it happened to your child. I hope your child will be able to overcome of what happened and that the superintendent will be fired. You can get the superintendent fired if you get enough support. You can do it and you have my support! [/QUOTE]

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