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Originally Posted by Gayle
We would like to think that teachers are in the position where they can identify this sort of thing but are they really? I mean, a teacher who has thirty children to look after does not necessarily know every single thing about them. Things could be ok on the outside and the teacher not know a thing. Also, in this day and age, they would be terrified of making accusations in case they get sued for slander
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Actually they do have training included for child welfare, even as a teaching assistant we were given directives on child welfare & suspect abuse, teaching assistants cannot bring their concerns directly to the parent, but to the teacher so that they can take it to the right channels or advise.