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The Three Rs
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows a man dressed in a suit from the waist down as he is stomping on three large letters -- all Rs as he is pointing his finger at the letters saying, "Take that!" The tag line reads, "Stomping out the conditions that lead to the 3 bad Rs: Retention, Referral and Rejection." The tag line on the left reads, "Inspired by Joseph Lockavitch"
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Camp
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: This cartoon is in two panels stacked vertically. The images are exactly the same, depicting common summer camp activities. The only difference is how the activities are labeled. In the top panel labeled "Kid's Summer Camp." At this typical camp children have a Sing-A-Long, make Arts & Crafts, go horseback riding, play sports, swim, have a nature hut , and make friends. An happy camper jumps in the in the air exclaiming "I love Camp!" In the lower panel these exact same activities are re-labeled: Music therapy, Art therapy, Horseback riding therapy, gross motor training, hydrotherapy, pet therapy, social skills training, and the exuberant camper, who is now labeled an "Engaged Student" exclaims "I Love Intervention!" The tag line reads, "Disability Lingo Goes To Camp."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Career Development
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon has three panels diagonally across from the bottom right to the top left in a stepwise arrangement. Starting at the bottom right corner the panels has three people following three rulers. The caption at the top of this frame is, "Following the rules" There is an arrow pointing to the next (middle) panel. That panel shows a man with an angry face bending a ruler. The caption at the top of this panel says, "Bending the rules." and has an arrow pointing to the top left corner panel that shows an older man breaking a ruler. The caption says. "Breaking the rules" In the lower right side of the panel is written, "Stages of Career Development" The tag line reads, "How professionals respond to rules that don't make sense."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Laboratory Retriever
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: This cartoon shows a group of people sitting around a lab table with scientific instruments in front of them. One person is in a wheelchair and a happy (tail-wagging) dog standing on it's hind legs with it's paws on the table is handing him an instrument with his mouth. The person in the wheelchair says, "Thanks!" The tag line reads, "Laboratory Retriever."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Typo?
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows two people talking, a man sitting behind a desk, and a woman standing on the other side of the desk. The woman is saying, "I think there is a typo in the job title next to this person's name." The man behind the desk says, "No. It's correct. Paraeducators are part of our new recruitment of unemployed actors. We can pay less for paraeducators because they don't hold a current membership to the screen guild." The tag line reads, "What happens when personnel availability and money get tight."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Black Hole
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows a spaceship out in deep space heading for a black Hole. There is a sign on the edge of the Black Hole that reads, "Welcome to the Black Hole of Special Education." Someone on the spaceship says, "Captain, I've heard tales. But I thought they were myths!" To which the Captain replies, "Apparently not! Engineering, reverse thrusters Full Power!" The tag line reads, "Boldly not going where too many others have gone before!"
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Roots of Special Education
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows Rita tending to her garden of root vegetables. The image depicts a cross-section so you can see the roots growing under ground. Each different type of vegetable has a different label: (a) "Access," (b) "Individualization," (c) "Quality Instruction," and (d) "Meaningful Outcomes." The tag line reads, "Rita returns to dig up the roots of special education."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Weeds or Wildflowers?
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows a group of monks sitting in a circle in a field surrounds wildflowers in bloom. One of the monks says, "Master, speak to us of labeling." The Master replies, "Long ago, flowers had no names. Each was treasured for its unique beauty. Then someone decided to label some flowers as weeds and convince others that they were undesirable. Still today when people look, some see a weed, while others see a wild flower." The tag line reads, "What do you choose to see? Weeds or wildflowers?"
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Achieve All the Standards
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows two school officials, a man on the left who is looking stressed and a woman to his right. The man is holding a huge stack of papers that rise from his waist to above his head. He is saying to the woman, "In order for students to achieve all the standards we'll have to extend the school day to 10 hours, the school year to 240 days, and the students will have to go to high school until age 24." The tag line reads, "School Officials Ponder Their Options: Adjust the standards, adjust the school program or adjust both."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks
Reasonable Affective Disorder
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- Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
- Date Created: 2000
- Description: The cartoon shows a room of people sitting on chairs facing the front of the room where a panel of people sit behind a long table. A sign on the right of the frame says, "Welcome support Group Q & A." A man in the front row puts up his hand and asks, "At a meeting last February I encountered a person who was uncharacteristically sad, moody and unreasonable. How can I handle such a situations in the future?" A person on the panel replies, "Sounds like you encountered a variation on a common problem. For winter meetings, we suggest you bring one of these full spectrum lights." (which he has turned sending a light toward the audience). The tag line reads, "Consumers encounter staff with reasonable affective disorder."
- Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks