The Swedish schools inspectorate to reconsider more restraints after the fall Oscar – Sveriges Radio

The cases we have chosen to look at again are the cases where there could be a medical danger for the student in the intervention which has been made, ” says Annica Runestone on Swedish schools Inspectorate. They will now take out medical reports in the cases to be reviewed.

In the fall, told the Echo if Oscar regularly was held in the school when he was in the third grade. He has asperger’s and adhd and he often had outbursts in connection with the failure.

When the school staff could not calm him la him down on the floor – often on the stomach and held him in the hands and feet. Oscar says that he had trouble breathing.

” It felt really terrible, I fought against all the time.

When the Inspectorate was investigating the matter they came to the conclusion that Oscar is not subjected to degrading treatment.

stick, a greatly distressed person in a position that makes it hard to breathe, in the worst case lead to sudden death. It claimed the experts, the Echo talked with and after the Echo examination decided Inspectorate to re-examine Oscar’s case.

They also promised to go through all of the decisions relating to the abusive treatment of pupils as those taken during the past year. Of the 41 cases relating to restraints of children believe the schools Inspectorate, that they may have made incorrect decisions in the nine cases. These kids will get a new trial.

despite the fact it is Annica Runestone on the schools Inspectorate, is not self-critical.

– No, we take these cases extremely seriously. But I think it is great that we have seen that this is another part we need to add.

But you ought not to have understood it from the start?

” We have not the competence from the medical perspective, we have the expertise to make assessments out of it skollagsrättsliga perspective. And it is good that we now see that we also need to retrieve the dossier.

the Swedish schools Inspectorate will in the future to bring in expert opinion in cases involving restraints when you need medical or psychological expertise, ” says Annica Runestone on Swedish schools Inspectorate.

Oscar and his family are now waiting for the schools Inspectorate to come up with a new decision in his case. He says that it is hard to wait but that he is happy that he dared tell what he had.

– I hope it can lead to a more thorough review of the school of I don’t want this to happen to other children, ” says Oscar, which is actually called something else.

Johanna Sjövall
johanna.sjovall@sverigesradio.se