Restraint of a child

PITTSBURGH — Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children and its employees could not secure dismissal of parents’ assault and battery claims, as well as emotional distress claims, brought on behalf of their six-year-old child. They have plausibly argued the school staff forcibly placed their autistic child in a restraint chair, as well as a helmet and gloves, in place of appropriate intervention and de-escalation techniques in response to self-harming behavior.