according to Local 10.<\/a><\/p>\nThe 8-year-old victim of the alleged abuse is diagnosed with autism and ADHD and is not known to be violent. Rodriguez has been his educator since August 2024, according to an arrest report obtained by the outlet. <\/p>\n
Nikol Marie Rodriguez, 29, was allegedly caught on camera \u201cforcefully\u201d slamming and repeatedly abusing a special needs student in her classroom. Miami-dade corrections<\/p>\n
Video captured an interaction between Rodriguez and the boy just before 11 a.m., where the teacher \u201cappears to physically assist the victim by grabbing hold of the victim\u2019s left arm\u201d and then grabbed \u201cthe victim\u2019s right arm and bicep area, spinning the victim in an aggressive manner,\u201d the report said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n
Later that day, Rodriguez was allegedly caught suddenly restraining the boy while he was sitting calmly on the floor and pulling his arms behind his back, court documents added. <\/p>\n
The young boy \u201cwas observed struggling with the restraint technique, appearing to be in agony,\u201d as another student in the classroom covered his eyes and ears in distress, the local station reported.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was then seen \u201cforcefully slamming the victim\u2019s upper body and head onto the classroom floor\u201d and continued restraining him by pinning down his arms and pressing on his upper body, the arrest report alleged. <\/p>\n
The terrified boy attempted to escape while Rodriguez allegedly continued pinning his head into the corner of a classroom, mounting his torso, and pushing the child into a table as he tried to stand after the scuffle, police said. <\/p>\n
The teacher allegedly did not seek medical care for the boy after the incident, and his mother later discovered he suffered injuries, including \u201ca small puncture wound\u201d on his bicep, bruising, and scratches to his chest and arm, the outlet said.<\/p>\n
An internal school report described the incident as \u201csupportive de-escalation\u201d intended to prevent harm, but investigators said surveillance footage refuted those claims. local10<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was booked on one count of child abuse without great bodily harm at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and was later released on a $5,000 bond. CBS Miami<\/p>\n
An internal school report described the incident as \u201csupportive de-escalation\u201d intended to prevent harm, and that Rodriguez had placed her hands on the child\u2019s sides to provide physical support \u2014 but investigators said surveillance footage refuted those claims, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
The child is \u201cable to comprehend simple instructions, but has difficulty articulating more than a simple request,\u201d the arrest report added. <\/p>\n
Rodriguez was booked on one count of child abuse without great bodily harm at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and was later released on a $5,000 bond. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a child that was acting out, and she was in the process of restraining [the child],\u201d her attorney, Christopher Pracitto, said in court per the outlet. <\/p>\n
The Peace Christian Academy did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida Christian school teacher was allegedly caught on camera \u201cforcefully\u201d slamming a special needs student to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6041,28,30,29,4030,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-238499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-child-abuse","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-teachers","13":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}