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Foot in the Door

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a child at the door of a class room trying to get in the door he is rapping on the door and has his foot in the door. There is a man trying to close the door from the right side of the panel. There is a word bubble that says "Rap!Rap!Rap!" in it. The tag line reads "Placement of a child with a disability in a General Education classroom is not enough to be included, it's just a foot in the door."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Difference Between Disciplines

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a room with two men playing with balls. One man is playing with large balls and one man is looking at smaller balls. In the foreground of the panel are two educators, a woman and a man. The woman says to the man, "Tell me again, what is the difference between P.T.s and O.T.s? The man says "P.T.s have bigger balls." The tag line reads "Sylvia continually struggles to understand the differences between the disciplines."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Terrorless Learning

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows three children sitting at a table working together. In the foreground are a man and a woman. The man says, "Max seems to be interacting with the other kids so much better lately." The woman replies, "We've begun to understand his behavior. He has responded well to positive behavioral supports." The tag line reads, "Terrorless Learning."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Inclusion Patrol

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The top panel is divided, showing two people talking on the phone. The man on the left says, "Inclusion patrol can I help you?" the woman on the right (Mrs. Snippett) says, "Yes. We are trying to develop a model to transition our preschool students with disabilities into inclusive settings when they reach school age. Have you heard of any good models?" In the bottom panel the same two people are on the phone. The man says, "Yes, ma'am. It's called kindergarten in the neighborhood schools." She replies, "Right?! We hadn't thought of that!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Another annoying true story from the files of the inclusion patrol."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Conditions

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows two panels stacked vertically. In the top panel there is a man (Carl) walking down a sidewalk with a clipboard writing. Behind him is an open manhole with a "work area" sawhorse sign and a blind man (Jim) walking with a support cane. The panel below shows the Jim falling into the manhole and the Carl says, "I knew I should have paid more attention to the 'conditions' associated with that objective." The tag line reads "Carl Changes the 'conditions' in his objective: 'given a sidewalk route without an open manhole cover, Jim will safely walk from home to work...'"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Tip of the Iceberg

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows the ship, the Titanic, coming from the left side of the panel running into an iceberg. Under the water is the sound "CRUNCH!" One of the shipmates says, "OOPS." The tip of the iceberg, above the waterline reads, "Para Ed Issues." Multiple parts of the iceberg below the surface of the water are labeled as: (a) Generic Services, (b) Teaching Formats, (c) Class Size, (d) Staff : Pupil Ratios, (e) Teacher Ownership, (f) Staff Training, (g) Special Ed Caseloads, (h) Paraeducator Roles, (i) Special Educator Roles, (j) and (k) Student Impact. The tag line reads, "Paraeducator Issues: Just the Tip of the iceberg."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Collaboration Myths

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows two people in a room, one person is standing and the other is sitting at a table writing. The person standing is shocked by what he sees (the other person completing the IEP before the meeting with team has started) says, "What are you doing?! Don't you know doing that by yourself can make you go blind?!" The person seated at the table is turning red in he face (showing his embarrassment) and responds, "Really?! I was just trying to get some things taken care of before the team arrived." The tag line reads, "Disability myths spawn collaboration myths."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Vegas Casinos

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a woman sitting in front of a slot machine with a drink sitting on top of the machine and a bunch of coins in her lap. The slot machine has two arms to pull one on each side of the machine. The tag line reads, "Vegas casinos buckle under political pressure to stop stereotyping disability characteristics as criminal by inventing the Two-Armed Bandit."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Atlas

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2007
Description: This cartoon shows a female paraprofessional in the classic Atlas pose, straining with great effort and strength to carry the world on her shoulders. On top of the world are 15 images of students meant to represent the range of diversity of students supported by paraprofessionals. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Can quality inclusive education be supported on the backs of paraprofessionals?"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only

Sex Therapy

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2007
Description: This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The top panel shows a man a woman talking to each other and the woman hold a phallic shaped object in her hand. The man asks, "What is that thing?" The woman replies, "This is a battery operated vibrator. I use it in therapy to provide sensory stimulation." In the second panel with the same images the man says, "I didn't know sex therapy was a related service." The woman replies, "It's not. I'm talking about occupational therapy." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Fred continually struggles to understand the relevance of some therapeutic methods."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only

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