Note: Put the word between quotation marks (“example”) to perform an exact search.

List

Gallery

Showing 1 - 10 of 24 Records

Relevance Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Date – oldest Date – newest
10 25 50 100

24 still image

15 1998 5 2007 3 2010 1 2000
Miniature of Burning Questions
Burning Questions
Image nop
    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
    • Date Created: 1998
    • Description: This cartoon shows a paraprofessional looking distraught while holding some papers that are on fire and creating smoke. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Unfortunately, the teacher assistant's burning questions kept spontaneously combusting before they could be answered."
    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
    Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
    Miniature of Skyrocket
    Skyrocket
    Image nop
      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
      • Date Created: 2007
      • Description: This cartoon shows two people outside looking up at a star-filled night sky as they see something bright streaking up and across it. One person points to it and asks, "What's that?" The other person calmly says, "Oh, that's skyrocketing use of special education paraprofessionals." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Out of Sight!"
      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only
      Part of: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education
      Miniature of School Lunch Atrocities
      School Lunch Atrocities
      Image nop
        • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
        • Date Created: 1998
        • Description: This cartoon shows a paraprofessional preparing lunch for a student with disabilities by dumping the entire school lunch into a blender, while saying, "Let's see, a cheeseburger, green beans, applesauce, and chocolate milk. Won't this be yummy? Into the blender it goes." In the foreground a student in a wheelchair looks very worried and classmate is bent over gagging while saying, "That's Gu-ross! You're not going to make him eat that?" The tag line below the cartoon reads, "School Lunch Atrocities."
        • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
        Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
        Miniature of Helping or Hovering?
        Helping or Hovering?
        Image nop
          • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
          • Date Created: 1998
          • Description: This cartoon has four panels arranged in a square pattern. Each panel shows the same student in a wheelchair accompanied in close proximity by the same paraprofessional show in four different ways. In the upper left panel the paraprofessional is behind the student on a cloud with wings and a halo over her head with the label, "Guardian Angel." In the upper right panel the paraprofessional is behind the student and inside a giant horseshoe-shaped magnet with the label, "Super-Magnet." The lower panel left shows the paraprofessional attached to the student by stretchy adhesive with the label, "Stuck like glue." The lower right panel shows the paraprofessional in a flying device directly above the student with the label, "Hovercraft." The tag line blow the cartoon reads, "Helping or Hovering?"
          • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
          Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
          Miniature of Escape Attempts
          Escape Attempts
          Image nop
            • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
            • Date Created: 1998
            • Description: This cartoon shows a teacher at the chalkboard in front of a full class at individual desks arranged in U. The teacher says, "Class... Today we will continue our unit on the rain forest." A student with a disability and his one-to-one paraprofessional, who is standing immediately behind him, are positioned just a couple steps from the door to the hallway. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Fred's instructional assistant makes sure she and Fred are positioned close to an exit to make any escape attempts less conspicuous."
            • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
            Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
            Miniature of Always Behind Us
            Always Behind Us
            Image nop
              • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
              • Date Created: 1998
              • Description: This cartoon shows a class of students in a group ahead in the distance walking together on a sidewalk. Far behind them is a student in a wheelchair being pushed by an adult. One of the students in the group asks a classmate, "Why is George always behind us whenever we go places?" The tag line under the cartoon reads, Second grade students ponder one of the great mysteries of Hillview School."
              • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
              Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
              Miniature of Parapro Gold
              Parapro Gold
              Image nop
                • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                • Date Created: 2007
                • Description: This cartoon shows a scale where a paraprofessional is sitting on one side and on the counterbalanced side a conveyor belt is dropping 14K gold nuggets in an effort to balance the scales. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Great paraprofessionals, used wisely, are worth their weight in gold."
                • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, CD Only
                Part of: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education
                Miniature of On the Brink
                On the Brink
                Image nop
                  • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                  • Date Created: 2010-2013
                  • Description: This cartoon shows a small house teetering on the edge of a cliff, nearly falling off on to the rocks and shark-infested waters below. There is a rope tied around the house and a long line of paraprofessionals pulling hard to stop it from falling. A man with a megaphone calls out, "Get more paraprofessionals! Keep 'em coming!" while a person on the rope line says, "Wouldn't it be better to build on a more solid footing?" The tag line under the cartoon reads: "On the Brink: Is your service delivery model built too close to the edge?"
                  • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Post CD
                  Part of: 5. Post CD
                  Miniature of Passing the Buck
                  Passing the Buck
                  Image nop
                    • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                    • Date Created: 1998
                    • Description: This cartoon shows a young student with disabilities wearing a deer mask (with antlers) while he is handed from a teacher to a paraprofessional. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "The professional staff resort to using props just so the teacher assistant is clear they are passing the buck."
                    • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
                    Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants
                    Miniature of Mrs. Brown keeps her name.
                    Mrs. Brown keeps her name.
                    Image nop
                      • Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
                      • Date Created: 1998
                      • Description: This cartoon shows a group of school personnel seated at a table facing a chalkboard where another person is standing and pointing to the board. On the board are written several different names used to refer to paraprofessionals such as Teacher's Helper, Teacher's Aide, Teacher's Assistant, Individual Support Person, Paraeducator, Jill of All Trades, Ed-entered Servant, and others that are partially obscured -- all of the names have been crossed out with chalk line through each of them. Only one name is not crossed out, Mrs. Brown. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After a grueling meeting, the staff decides to let Mrs. Brown keep her name."
                      • Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Ants in His Pants
                      Part of: 1. Ants in His Pants