The state recommends that the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center take a hard look at its policies after two now-former employees were charged with assaulting a patient.
The Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission investigation into the matter substantiated the abuse claims, according to the investigation report obtained by The Patriot Ledger.
The two ex-employees are charged with striking a tied-down mentally ill man with a belt and their hands on multiple occasions, as well as spitting on him at a Randolph residence owned by the Canton-based center.
“That (the two employees) acted with so little regard to (the victim’s) dignity and his behavioral program for such a period of time suggests that staff is either insufficiently trained or supported to carry out complex treatment programs for individuals with disabilities,” the commission wrote in its report.