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Posted on 04/30/2025 3:45:46 PM PDT by CFW
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A former Waco elementary school teacher was arrested Tuesday on allegations she used an electronic dog whistle to force compliance by a 6-year-old autistic student.
Amber Escamilla, 46, a former teacher at Bell’s Hill Elementary School, 2100 Ross Ave., remained jailed Wednesday in lieu of $3,000 bond after her arrest on an injury to a child or disabled person charge, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
According to arrest records, Waco Independent School District police detectives received a referral from Child Protective Service workers about possible abuse of an autistic student by Escamilla.
The report said Escamilla, a 10-year teaching veteran who moved to Waco with her family last year, used an electronic dog whistle “on the child when he got overstimulated,” an arrest affidavit alleges. Detectives met with the boy’s parents, who said they provided earmuffs for him to wear at school because he is sensitive to sounds.
“The victim’s mother described how the beginning of last year, the victim would come home and cry about going to school because the fire alarms would hurt his ears,” the affidavit states.
Detectives met April 23 with the school principal, who told them she confiscated an electronic whistle from Escamilla in November 2024.
“A staff member was interviewed who advised that around November 2024, the defendant came into the break room and placed a device on the table, telling co-workers that she had this for when the victim ‘gets loud,’ stating that when she clicks it, he stops,” according to arrest documents.
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And in other Texas educational news:
“Hill College security officer arrested on child porn, child sexual performance charges”
“HILLSBORO, Texas (KWTX) - A former Hill College campus safety officer remains jailed after his arrest on sexual performance by a child and possession of child pornography charges.
Martin John Kuykendall, 45, of Hubbard, was placed under bonds totaling $1.25 million after his arrest Friday by investigators from the Department of Public Safety and Hill County.”
If a dog whistle plays at a pitch that humans can not hear, then how is it that the autism kid could hear it? Am I missing something about the human ear?!
“In the United States, approximately 1 in 31 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This means that about 2.8% of 8-year-old children are estimated to have ASD. The CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network reports this prevalence based on data collected from multiple sources among participating communities.” In other words the nerds, the brilliant people among us. Maybe we should listen to them more.
“If a dog whistle plays at a pitch that humans can not hear, then how is it that the autism kid could hear it? Am I missing something about the human ear?!”
Apparently, this child has a specific disorder where loud piercing noises are actually painful. The teacher was aware of that fact. His mom even sent ear muffs with him to school.
Yea, and hard to make the argument that a dog whistle could injure OR force compliance.
Wait I just watched a very well known movie where the autistic girl was controlled with a kazoo.
Was her name Von Trapp?
Find out if the technique worked first.
You want the kid institutionalized for the rest of his life? A special needs teacher has to break through the barriers in an autistic child's mind.
Did Anne Sullivan inflict pain on Helen Keller or did she help Helen Keller become a world-renowned success? No doubt both. Let me guess, you probably think spanking is bad too.
This one is not as cut and dry as they make it out to be. Wouldn’t shouting at a misbehaving kid be abusive as well under these guidelines. I would need more details on how this whistle was used.
Also it seems that every drill Sargent in military training is now guilty of abuse.
What a bitch. I know the use of profanity is frowned upon but that is the most apt word I could come up with.
I thought it clever...
Without parole.
I have a scarred eardrum and can hear really high sounds but hardly any mid range. Thank God no one uses tube TVs or fluorescent lights any more.
“A special needs teacher has to break through the barriers in an autistic child’s mind.”
Are you saying these super special teachers know what is happening in a child’s mind?
Teacher must have had a job as a newscaster knows people.
No.
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