School Behavioral Specialist Body Slams Student And Fractures His Skull

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A Florida behavioral interventionalist was arrested after he failed to report that a fellow staff member bodyslammed a student, leaving him with a fractured skull.

According to the Daily Mail, Jarvis Delon West,28, worked as a behavioral interventionalist at AMIkids Pinellas and allegedly failed to report an incident that occurred at the school for at-risk children on Feb.11. Authorities reported that one of the staff members took a 12-year-old student to a “Room of Opportunity” where the physical assault took place under West’s supervision.

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‘As a result of the altercation, the victim started to vomit and it is believed that he lost consciousness on more than one occasion.’

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Additionally, the boy was under supervision for two more hours until it was time for dismissal. The child’s mother was not told about the incident and kept her son home believing he had the flu. When he was taken to the All Children’s Hospital. doctors learned he sustained a fractured skull, two subdural hematomas. and brain bleeding.

West was arrested and charged with suspicion of failure to report child neglect and neglect of a child resulting in great bodily harm. A spokesperson from the school said the staff members involved in the incident are currently suspended without pay.

 

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