letter from the occupational therapist. >> i can't show the whole letter, but the exact wording, i, tanya payne give permission for the purpose of educational productivity. >> it doesn't say anything about a miracle belt or anything. >> tanya says she thinks other parents would want to know if the same thing was happening to their child. especially when the school system readily admits that the use of such weight belts is common. >> the use of sensory tools within the educational setting is widespread. >> we wanted to find out exactly how widespread this practice really was. we called around to a will the of school systems in the area and most were actually pretty shocked by this practice. d.c., fairfax county, frederick county, prince georges county, and arlington county public schools all say that they do not use these weighted belts. montgomery county public schools said that they do use weighted vests, but only on children with autism. in fredericksburg, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> paul testified at his own trial today that he did approve the script for those automated calls sent out duri

tanya payne knew her son was being treated for speech problems and impulse problems, but she did notthat his teachers were making him wear this belt every day. payne says when she signed the waiver for the occupational therapist to use quote, sensory strategies, she had no idea it would mean this. >> it doesn't say anything about a miracle belt. >> as a mother, i was upset. >> 9news now could not find another school system in the whole area that used weighted equipment on kids that had not been diagnosed with autism. montgomery county schools used weighted vests, but only on autistic children. the public schools are setting up a meeting with payne for next week. >>> neither sleet nor rain or threat of armed robbery will stop postal workers from making their appointed rounds. one worker was robbed and locked up in the back of his own truck. d.c. police believe there are two men behind this attack. rather these are the men behind this attack. it happened at the post office in northwest. turns out, nearly a dozen times since august of 2010 armed robbers have held up d.c. area post offic

. >> ton >> tanya payne knew her son was being treated, but she had no idea he was being forced to wear a weight belt at school. >> as a mother, i was upset. >> tanya was so upset, she went to the county sheriff's office. that's where they took these pictures of the weight belt after her son wore it home from school. tanya says his teacher or therapist forgot to take it off. >> but sensory belts are used to assist students with an increase in their focus and increase in their attention. >> richardson is the director of special services. >> we do not implement anything within the educational setting without an informed parental consent. >> the sheriff's office agreed. the school was in the right. case closed. >> the parent had signed some type of form indicating that she was aware. >> but tanya disagrees. >> this is the letter from the occupational therapist. >> the exact wording is, i give permission for the occupational therapist to provide sensory strategies to the classroom teacher for the purpose of educational productivity. >> it doesn't say anything about a belt. >> tanya thinks o