Dear All,
Here's a nice tricky one for all of you, If anyone has some comments or
experience they would be willing to share I'd be very pleased to hear
it.
We have a student with a mental health difficulty who is about to
undergo our disaplinary procedure for gross misconduct. Her misconduct
was hitting a minor (a student under seventeen) on our shuttle bus.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happened but the last
time the person didn't make a complaint so it wasn't taken any further.
The student is likely because of her condition to get easily upset and
agitated.
What type of support should we be offering to her through the
disaplinery process (for example, if a student was Deaf we'd organise an
interpreter).
Are there any DDA issues that need to be considered?
She is clearly a risk to other students' health and safety (possibly to
her own, if someone decides to punch her back next time). Mental health
difficulty or not, she can't be allowed to go around hitting other
students.
By the way, the student who was assaulted has also gone to the police.
Any comments????
Pauline
Pauline McInnes
Disability Co-ordinator
Disability Team
Student Services
St Mary's Road
Ealing
London
W5 5RF
Tel: 0208 231 2058
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