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Second Mental Health Worker at Welland School Charged with Assault
Police say the counsellors used restraint techniques outside their training, and investigators believe there may be more child victims.
- Niagara Regional Police Service detectives charged two mental health counsellors with assault following allegations of excessive force at the Mountainview Centre for Innovative Learning in Welland.
- The Child Abuse Unit began investigating in April 2026 after concerns arose that mental health counsellors used restraint techniques outside their scope of training on a child.
- On Thursday, CAU detectives charged 22-year-old Madison Porkolab of Grimsby with one count of assault, while a 26-year-old from Welland also faces one charge.
- Pathstone Mental Health said it is working with police, stating, "Pathstone Mental Health is committed to the health and well-being of the children, youth and families that we serve."
- Detectives believe there may be additional victims and ask anyone with information to contact the CAU at extension 1008430 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 8477.
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Mental health workers accused of assaulting child at Niagara Region school
WELLAND - Two mental health counsellors have been arrested after allegedly using excessive force on a child at a school in Ontario's Niagara Region.
·Toronto, Canada
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Grimsby, Ont., mental health worker charged with assault on child in Welland, Niagara police say
A 22-year-old Grimsby, Ont., mental health worker faces an assault charge following a Niagara Regional Police Service investigation into allegations of someone restraining a child in Welland, Ont.
·Canada
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