Ontario education workers and the opposition NDP are calling on the Ford government to address growing violence in the Ontario’s schools.
Kids ride their bikes past the sign for D.A. Morrison school in Toronto on June 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
She says the damage to herself and her colleagues is physical, mental, and sometimes life-altering, taking surgery to repair. Once part of a team of nine, Melo-Manhsinh says budget cuts have reduced that number to just two. "They would know the triggers. They would see the student becoming agitated. They would be able to intervene to get the child out of that situation, or to take a body break to calm them down," Pasma said.Pasma says a lack of access to youth programming, recreation programs, employment, and autism therapies are part of the problem.
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