"School officials tried to head off the disagreement between two eighth-graders that eventually led to the arrest on Oct. 1 of one of them on charges of bullying, according to Domus, a Stamford-based group that runs an alternative school....
“Many youth in Domus programs are dealing with traumatic things that have happened to them, and they are working hard to grow and heal,” he said. “Sometimes, they make mistakes and behave in ways that don’t solve the problem or even make it worse. While we understand how and why these behaviors happen, we do not tolerate behaviors like this in our learning environment, and we intervene whenever we see or notice something, or when a concern is brought to us by a student or adult.”
"Duggan said Domus spent three years becoming a certified trauma-informed organization to help deal with such issues involving students, and he believes that process aided the school in this instance...."
http://weston.dailyvoice.com/schools/stamford-school-tried-resolve-bullying-12-year-old-was-arrested
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