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A teacher at Pittsburgh Faison in Homewood South was arrested Thursday night following an investigation into a claim of inappropriate conduct involving a 7-year-old girl.Selina Summerville says her daughter, Tataina, was inappropriately restrained by her kindergarten teacher, Danielle Anderson, 44. Video: Watch Kelly Brennan's reportAccording to a criminal complaint, video shows Anderson watched Tataina and another student fighting over a seat at one of the tables in the classroom. Tataina then throws a piece of paper onto the ground, and Anderson walks to the girls and "gets in her face."Summerville says on April 19 her daughter, who has epilepsy, refused to do some classwork."The teacher came over, jumped in my daughter's face. 'Get up out the chair,' very aggressively. My daughter pushed her," Summerville said. "After she pushed the teacher, she said to the teacher, 'No.' The teacher decided to snatch the chair from underneath her. When she snatched the chair, my daughter fell back on her behind. She laid back flat after that."The video of the incident shows Tataina pushing Anderson and Anderson responding by pulling the chair out from under Tataina, causing her to fall on her back, according to the criminal complaintVideo then shows Anderson turning the chair upside down and pressing it into Tataina's ribs and stomach area, holding her down."My daughter is yelling and crying that she can't breathe." Summerville said. "The teacher makes a comment that 'I’m not going to hurt you,' as she is pressing down on the chair."Anderson picked up the chair enough for Tataina to move out of the way and then threw it in the spot Tataina had just been laying, the complaint says.Tataina ran out of the classroom.Pittsburgh Public School spokeswoman Ebony Pugh says the incident is being investigated by both the Pittsburgh Board of Education police and Pittsburgh police. MORE: Read the letter sent to parentsParents with children in the same classroom received a letter April 22 about Tuesday's incident.Tataina told her mom what happened when she got home from school that day. On April 20, they met with the a school official. "The second night, she’s waking up crying, and the third night, she’s yelling, 'Mom I’m scared!'" Summerville said. They went to Children's Hospital April 21 to have her bruising and abdominal pain checked out.Summerville says she has a good relationship with the teachers and staff at Faison. She says they have helped her daughter a lot due to her disability."I can't imagine what went through this woman’s head," Summerville said. "I just question why she did it more than anything. I just need to know why."Anderson filed an incident report with the school, stating what happened but did not admit to any wrongdoing. She was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.Anderson faces several charges, including aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and unlawful restraint of a minor.