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Lawyers Part of Every Day

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a teacher at the door of her classroom with slightly confused look of her face as she says, "Can I help you?" to a man at her door. The man is carrying a brief case that is labeled with the words "Threats, Intimidation, Legalese, Coercion" and he says to the teacher, "Yes, I'm Bill M. Hourly, Esquire. I'm here to ensure collaboration for Joey's inclusion through adversarial methods." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "The Bar Association proposes an amendment to IDEA requiring that lawyers be part of every child's IEP team."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Dictionary of Special Ed Jargon

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a father sitting in an overstuffed arm chair with lamp on next to him while he reads a book titled, "Dictionary of Special Education Jargon." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mr. Green prepares for his child's IEP meeting."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

The Real World

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The upper panel shows the school principal saying, "Congratulations Larry! Again this year you have achieved all your IEP goals!" Larry says, "Thank You!" The lower panel shows Larry sitting across a desk from an employment specialist who says, "I'm sorry. You're not prepared for a real job." Larry is surprised and replies, "How can that be? I've achieved all of my IEP goals!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Larry learns the hard way that school and the real world don't always see success the same way."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Elevating Vagueness to an Art Form

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows two special educators having a conversation. The first says, "Don't you think this goal is a bit vague? Mark will improve communication skills?" The second person says, "No. That way it can mean whatever you want it to and we'll never have to change the IEP -- I've used that goal for Mark for the last five years!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Frank elevates vagueness to an art form."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Pants Down

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a special educator sitting at his desk writing and you can see that his pants are down around his ankles. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Rodney is caught with his pants down -- writing goals and objectives without family input."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Pants down

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a man with his pants down around his ankles wearing blue boxers with red hearts on them. He has a file in his hand and papers have fallen out on the floor that are labeled, "IEP." The man is saying "OOOOPS!" The tag line reads, "Are you prepared for all your students? Don't be caught with your pants down!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Option Paralysis

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a principal of a school standing on the left side of the panel in an office with a woman in the lower right corner of the panel. There is a table and chairs and papers on the table. The principal holds a very long list and says "In planning your daughter's IEP, we'd like you to chose from this comprehensive list of 13,941 learning outcomes." The woman looks at the principal. She is overwhelmed and has with huge confused eyes. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mrs. Baker Experiences 'Option Paralysis'."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Mr. IEP

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a coffee maker and instructions how to make an IEP with it. The cartoon says "Introducing‚Ä¶Mr. IEP 1. Insert student needs packet (shows putting coffee filter into the coffee maker) 2. Pour in 8 cups of possible IEP goals (shows water pouring into the back of the coffee maker) 3. Turn On Mr. IEP (shows where to turn on the coffee maker) Enjoy perfect IEPs every time!" The tag line reads "Special educators invent misguided automated approaches."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Recycling

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows two educators talking in front of a filing cabinet. The woman says "Tom's IEP is due soon. What should we do?" The man responds "No sweat. I've saved every IEP I've ever written over the past 15 years. Pick one and we'll go from there." The tag line reads, "Recycling Gone Bad."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Who can help?

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows six educational team members seated at round table for meeting. The facilitator says, "OK, Amy's next goal has do with Making Requests. Who can help with that? All the members raise their hands. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Harvey continues to ask the wrong question in a room full of helpers."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

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