EBD Blog

(1) There is another report in the case of the Conroe (TX, US) suit to which I referred in the entry “school safety” a few days ago. Attorney Michael Josephson, the lawyer for a girl with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders who is one of several girls sexually assaulted on school grounds, “says she now suffers severe and disabling emotional disturbance and needs special educational supervision,” according to a story reported by KGBT. I suspect that the KGBT coverage is based on the earlier story and is just slightly mis-representing it. It would be odd for Mr. Johnson to argue that the school owed the girl protection as a result of her disability and then to argue that the assault caused the disability. I’m enquiring….

(2) I’ve seen nothing added to the new EBD blog. Here’s hoping they return to posting entries.