How do you report a pre-school teacher for abusing a child?

I just found out that my nephews pre-school teacher bit his arm back in September. Apparently my nephew had bit another student and the teacher wanted to “teach him (my nephew) what it felt like”. The teacher also grabs my nephew’s face and pinches it to get his attention. What I need to know is how I can report this and what legal alternatives do I or his parents have. The teacher left her entire jaw print on his arm. There are pictures.
The parents did take it to the head of the school and was told that my nephew “was out of control that day”.

The CPS (Child Protective Services) in your area will be more helpful than the police. Not to mention, the police will probably just refer you there if you call them.

Also, the parents of the child should call CPS, not you. Accusations made by people other than the parents are not taken as seriously since you really have no basis to press charges.

Before making the call, the parents should be sure they have all the information on hand. They will need to know names, dates, times and explicit descriptions of what happened. I suggest they include the response of the child care provider, as well as make it clear that they have photos. The best time to do this is when the CPS employee asks, “Is there anything else you would like to add?” (Until they get to that point, they are simply filling out a standard form.)

Once CPS has gathered all the information they need, they will begin a formal investigation. In most states, EVERY report of child abuse must be investigated.

If the result of their investigation includes filing charges against the day care provider and/or the teacher, I would start lawyer-shopping if a civil case (i.e. money) is something you are interested in. More than likely, a civil case would have to follow a conviction in a criminal case, but it is best to involve a lawyer when the case is still in the criminal phase.

If you choose to contact a lawyer, I would do so very quietly. DO NOT make claims that you plan to sue. Doing so will make it look like money may be your motivation and the defense attorney will paint the parents as money-hungry, in effect weakening your criminal case.

One more thing, if the child is still in the abusive pre-school, remove him immediately. You should also know that if it can be proven that he was sent back to the pre-school AFTER the abuse was revealed, you won’t have much of a civil case. The reason is that the defense attorney will argue that the abuse is either false or exaggerated since the parents seemed to think the situation was safe enough to send the child back to.

Best of luck!!!

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