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- Learning Not to Make a Move
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoon has four panels arranged in a square pattern. The images each show a student with a plate of food and utensils in front of him and a paraprofessional next to him. In the top left corner the paraprofessional says, "Pick up the spoon." The upper right panel shows the student with the...
Show moreThis cartoon has four panels arranged in a square pattern. The images each show a student with a plate of food and utensils in front of him and a paraprofessional next to him. In the top left corner the paraprofessional says, "Pick up the spoon." The upper right panel shows the student with the spoon in his hand and the paraprofessional says, "Scoop the food." In the lower left panel the student has scooped the food and the paraprofessional says, "Now raise the spoon..." In the lower right panel as student has raised the spoon partially, the paraprofessional says, "To the mouth." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Rodney learns not to make a move until he is told."
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- Helping or Hovering?
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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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...
Show moreThis 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?"
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- Title
- Cloning (Paraprofessional)
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows one educator talking to another who is holding a test tube. The first educator asks, "What's in the test tube?" The other educator replies, "A small skin sample from Mrs. Keegan, she's a great paraprofessional." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite the bio-ethical...
Show moreThis cartoon shows one educator talking to another who is holding a test tube. The first educator asks, "What's in the test tube?" The other educator replies, "A small skin sample from Mrs. Keegan, she's a great paraprofessional." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite the bio-ethical controversies Maggie favors human cloning."
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- I Needed… They Gave Me...
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoon shows a person with hands together praying. In a thought bubble the person is thinking, "I needed moral support and they gave me an article to read. I needed an extra pair of hands and they gave a specialist once a month. I needed someone to demonstrate a method and told me I was...
Show moreThis cartoon shows a person with hands together praying. In a thought bubble the person is thinking, "I needed moral support and they gave me an article to read. I needed an extra pair of hands and they gave a specialist once a month. I needed someone to demonstrate a method and told me I was doing a great job. I needed some information and they gave me an instructional assistant." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Match supports to needs continues to be an elusive experience for Harry."
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- Title
- Escape Attempts
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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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...
Show moreThis 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."
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- Title
- Let me help you with that!
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows a paraprofessional and student seated together at a table with no other students. The paraprofessional is happily working on a class project cutting materials with scissors as she says, Let me help you with that!" The student, with a disappointed look on her face and none of...
Show moreThis cartoon shows a paraprofessional and student seated together at a table with no other students. The paraprofessional is happily working on a class project cutting materials with scissors as she says, Let me help you with that!" The student, with a disappointed look on her face and none of the materials available to her says, "But when do I get a turn?" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "After only two months as a teacher assistant, Gladys finds her spelling has improved, math skills are honed, and she has discovered she has artistic ability."
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- Title
- Force Field
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows a student in a wheelchair with his one-to-one paraprofessional pushing him in his wheelchair. They surrounded by a nearly invisible force field. The student's classmates can't see the force field and bump into it as they try to approach him. The tag line under the cartoon reads...
Show moreThis cartoon shows a student in a wheelchair with his one-to-one paraprofessional pushing him in his wheelchair. They surrounded by a nearly invisible force field. The student's classmates can't see the force field and bump into it as they try to approach him. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Joey noticed a mysterious force field around his assistant that children could not break through."
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- I thought Pat was a boy
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. In the top panel a physical education teachers says to the class, "Boys, 50 crunches! Girls, 5 laps!! Let's go!" The second panel shows the girls running are led by a female paraprofessional pushing a student in his wheelchair. One of the girls says...
Show moreThis cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. In the top panel a physical education teachers says to the class, "Boys, 50 crunches! Girls, 5 laps!! Let's go!" The second panel shows the girls running are led by a female paraprofessional pushing a student in his wheelchair. One of the girls says, "I thought Pat was a boy!?" and another girls says, "He is!!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "The instructional assistant assigned to Pat experiences ongoing gender confusion."
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- Title
- Unintended Distractions
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoons shows a full class being taught in a large group by the teacher, except for one student with a disability who is working in a one-to-one format with a paraprofessional in the back of the large group, facing away from the teacher. Some students in the teacher's large group who are...
Show moreThis cartoons shows a full class being taught in a large group by the teacher, except for one student with a disability who is working in a one-to-one format with a paraprofessional in the back of the large group, facing away from the teacher. Some students in the teacher's large group who are closest to the paraprofessional and student with a disability turn toward them. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Unintended Distractions."
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- Title
- Burning Questions
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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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."
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- Passing the Buck
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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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."
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- School Lunch Atrocities
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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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...
Show moreThis 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."
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- Always Behind Us
- Date Created
- 1998
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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...
Show moreThis 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."
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- Mrs. Brown keeps her name.
- Date Created
- 1998
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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,...
Show moreThis 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."
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- I don't feel prepared
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows a school principal seated at his desk with a teacher sitting across from him in the foreground. The teacher says, "… so I don't feel prepared to teach a child with disabilities." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite having a master's degree and 18 years of experience,...
Show moreThis cartoon shows a school principal seated at his desk with a teacher sitting across from him in the foreground. The teacher says, "… so I don't feel prepared to teach a child with disabilities." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Despite having a master's degree and 18 years of experience, Mrs. Snippett tries to convince Mr. Moody that the student with disabilities in her class would be better served by an assistant with no experience."
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- Island in the Mainstream
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows a class filled with students seated at desks in rows facing a teacher in the front of the room. In the back of the room, separated by water, a student with a disability seated in a wheelchair is alone on a small desert island with one palm tree, sitting a table across from a...
Show moreThis cartoon shows a class filled with students seated at desks in rows facing a teacher in the front of the room. In the back of the room, separated by water, a student with a disability seated in a wheelchair is alone on a small desert island with one palm tree, sitting a table across from a white-haired paraprofessional -- neither are facing the teacher. The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Island in the Mainstream. Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Jones are still trying to figure out why Fred doesn't feel like part of the class." The note on the side indicates, "Inspired by Doug Biklen."
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- Doing it Wrong Doesn't Make it Wrong
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows two school colleagues conversing. The one seated behind the desk says, "We placed Jason in a regular class part of the time, we assigned a full-time aide, and we even did therapy in the back of the classroom. He still can't do the same work as the other kids... Inclusion isn't...
Show moreThis cartoon shows two school colleagues conversing. The one seated behind the desk says, "We placed Jason in a regular class part of the time, we assigned a full-time aide, and we even did therapy in the back of the classroom. He still can't do the same work as the other kids... Inclusion isn't right for everyone." His colleague shakes his head in disbelief and replies, "You STILL don't get it!" The tag line under the cartoon reads, "Inclusive Education: Doing it wrong doesn't make it wrong." The note on the side indicates, "Inspired by Michael Hock."
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- Backward Day
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoon has two panels offset stepwise. The upper panel shows a classroom scene where a paraprofessional who is standing directly behind a student seated in a wheelchair says to the classroom teacher, "Mark should stay inside after lunch. By the time I get his coat on recess will be over."...
Show moreThis cartoon has two panels offset stepwise. The upper panel shows a classroom scene where a paraprofessional who is standing directly behind a student seated in a wheelchair says to the classroom teacher, "Mark should stay inside after lunch. By the time I get his coat on recess will be over." The teacher responds, "That seems reasonable." A classmate who overhears says to the adults, "What if we just put his coat on backwards?" Another classmate says, "That would look weird." In the lower panel, the first classmate says, "Not if everyone wore their coat backwards." as the entire class surrounds their classmate seated in the wheelchair in solidarity by all wearing their coats backwards. The tag line reads, "Mrs. Basil's class invents Backwards Day at school."
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- Peers Resort to Subversive Tactics
- Date Created
- 1998
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This cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The top panel shows three middle grades students seated at a table and talking to each other. The first student says, "Can you believe Harry has to spend all day with grown-ups?" The second student says, "Bummer man." The third student says, "I've...
Show moreThis cartoon has two panels stacked vertically. The top panel shows three middle grades students seated at a table and talking to each other. The first student says, "Can you believe Harry has to spend all day with grown-ups?" The second student says, "Bummer man." The third student says, "I've got an idea. You distract the assistant..." In the lower panel one student waves to an assistant and calls out "Excuse me!" While the assistant's back is turned, the other two students quickly push a visibly happy Harry away while saying, "Let's go Harry!" The tag line reads, "Peers resort to subversive tactics."
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- Jargonese as a Second Language
- Date Created
- 1998
- Description
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This cartoon shows an occupational therapist handing a ball to a paraprofessional as the therapists says, "Starting from a prone position, he should assume a bi-ped upright posture and grasp the sphere using the upper extremities bilaterally!" The paraprofessionals turns toward the special...
Show moreThis cartoon shows an occupational therapist handing a ball to a paraprofessional as the therapists says, "Starting from a prone position, he should assume a bi-ped upright posture and grasp the sphere using the upper extremities bilaterally!" The paraprofessionals turns toward the special educator and whispers, "What did she say?" The special educator responds, "He should get off his stomach, stand-up, and catch the ball." The tag line under the cartoon reads, "David translates for Hank who is just learning to speak Jargonese as a second language."
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