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Peg's Question

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a young girl sitting on her mother's lap in an overstuffed arm chair with a lamp and end table next to it. The child says to her mother, "Mom, there's a boy in my class with disabilities. Weren't there any kids with disabilities where we used to live?" The tag line reads, "Peg doesn't know that the kids with disabilities in her old district were sent to special education schools." The note on the side indicates, "Inspired by Peg Smith."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Frequent Includer Program

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The Cartoon shows a male teacher sitting at a desk with two parents standing on the other side of the desk in front of him. The teacher is saying "So, I can earn 20,000 points for each student with a disability I include in a regular class?" The father says "That's right! Redeemable for items in our catalogue." The tag line reads "Desperate parents resort to establishing their own 'frequent Includer Program.'"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Tenacious Advocate

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: A parent, (Mrs. Green) is seated a cross a table from her child's IEP team. Her arm is reaching behind her, aimed toward a life-sized cardboard replica of an advocate, who is holding up a document labeled IDEA. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Mrs. Green resorts to bringing a life-sized cardboard replica of the county's most tenacious advocate to her child's IEP meeting. "Inspired by Marilyn Wessels"
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

Getting What you Want

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a school administrator and a parent sitting across from each other at table. The expression the administrator's face looks pleased and satisfied as he says, "After lengthy negotiations, we have a plan for Jason's inclusion in regular class. It meets all your requests for direct support services." The parent's face looks distressed as she makes the sound "Gulp!" as she looks at the schedule on the table between them. Every time block shows a direct service (e.g., OT, PT, Speech, Vision, O&M, Hydrotherapy, sensory integration, tutoring) before dismissal and no time in the regular classroom. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Jason's mother has a close encounter with the old saying: The only thing worse than not getting what want is getting what you want."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Cat and Mouse

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a school administrator wearing a cat mask sitting across the table from a mother of a child with a disability who is wearing Mickey Mouse ears. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After years of playing cat and mouse to develop an IEP, Casey's mother longs for a chance to be the cat for once!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Outnumbered?

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1998
Description: This cartoon shows a long table with a parent and his advocate seated at the near side (backs to the viewer). Across the table are ten professionals, each identified by a hat indicating their profession (e.g., OT, PT, SLP, Principal). One of the professionals says, "I'm not sure why Mr. Barth always feels compelled to bring an advocate to the IEP meeting." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Outnumbered?"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants

Teaching Spectrum Disorder

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows two parents sitting holding hands across a table from two educators, a man and a woman. The father is saying, "What have you learned from your evaluation? Why is Sam having such difficulty learning?" To which the woman educator says, "The good news is that Sam doesn't have learning disabilities! The bad news is his teacher has "Pervasive Developmental Teaching Delays." The tag line reads, "Sam's teacher is diagnosed with a 'Teaching Spectrum Disorder'."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Book Club

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: The cartoon shows a group of people sitting around in a living room having tea there is a cat sitting on the coffee table. One of the women sitting on the couch says "This month's book club selection is controversial and quite revealing. Some of you might even find it shocking." The tag line reads "Club members prepare to read 'Everything you always wanted to know about special education but were afraid to ask.'"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

Adjustment Problem

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 1999
Description: This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically; they shows a man who is a school administrator calling Mrs. Jones from the school. The top panel is split in half. On the left half there is the administrator from the school on the phone saying, "Mrs. Jones we're having a problem at school. Sarah, Buzz, Roy, and Val seem to be having difficulty getting along with your daughter." On the right half of the panel Mrs. Jones says into the phone, "I'm so surprised! I thought she was getting along so well with her classmates!" The panel on the bottom is split the same as above and the administrator is saying "She is! Sarah, Buzz, Roy and Val are Adults." Mrs. Jones has a thought bubble with gray in it and she has a frown on her face. The tag line reads, "Adjustment Problems: 'Usually the adults, rarely the kids.'"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

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