on At least three occasions should the student have fasthållits of the staff at the elementary school. One of the few times held her in place by three persons at the same time.

the Student’s parents reported the events to the municipality, already in 2017, and write in the notification to the Inspectorate that the events are reported to the police. In the notification they describe what they believe is the systematic mistreatment of the student:

a student beyond the ordinary that they do not know how to handle but they may and can not recommend skolbyte.”

the Swedish schools Inspectorate assesses that the handling has been disproportionate and that the staff should be able to act in other ways to deflect the situation. They also write that there are deficiencies in the school’s support to the pupil who found it difficult to achieve the requirements.

”the Measures which involves recurrent restraints or other systematic physical interventions must never be used by staff as a way of working vis-à-vis pupils to solve a situation.”, write the schools ‘ Inspectorate in its decision.

Now set himself the BEO behind Skolinspektionens assessment that the student has been a victim of abusive treatment on repeated occasions. They write in the decision that:

”the Child and school student representative has also taken into account that the staff of the school’s actions have resulted in an abuse of a dependency and a position of trust, then (A) found themselves in a situation of dependence vis-à-vis the school staff and to feel confidence and trust to them.”

in the decision of 11 november in the fall, also the school’s action plan for preventing and addressing situations where violations occur and the school was given until 22 January this year to take steps to:

”When made aware that a student perceives himself the victim of abusive treatment promptly investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged violations.”

the Municipality believes that the staff’s intervention was justified, but can not exclude the possibility that it meant a violation against the student.