Четыре специалиста по поведению в Техасе лишены лицензии за сокрытие фактов сексуального насилия над ребенком

Four Texas behavior analysts face suspensions over unreported abuse of child AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - State regulators have immediately suspended the licenses of three behavior analysts and an assistant behavior analyst for failing to report suspected child abuse involving a 4-year-old client at a Plano autism center. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the one-year emergency suspensions on Aug. 17 against behavior analysts Nicole Ercan, Amberly Bossert, and Karah Pack, and assistant behavior analyst Alice Agyeman. According to state orders, the child’s mother reported to center staff on May 12 that the child may have been sexually abused by two registered behavior technicians at the Apara Autism Center. Although Pack and Agyeman notified their supervisors, Ercan and Bossert, none of the four contacted authorities. Hospital staff eventually reported the allegations to law enforcement and child protective services after the mother took the child to an emergency room. Texas law requires professionals to report suspected child abuse within 24 hours. State officials emphasized that this legal duty is an individual responsibility that cannot be delegated to supervisors or satisfied by internal employer investigations. “Keeping Texans safe, especially children and other vulnerable clients, is our highest priority,” TDLR Executive Director Courtney Arbour said in a statement. Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.