Funny
I Know Poodles are Smart But....

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I don't think they should drive.
Kathy – January 20, 2009
Is that a Llama in Your Car?
I'm driving down the highway minding my own business when I saw this:
Um, my sources tell me it is probably a young male Llama. We thought it might be an alpaca because they are smaller.
Kathy – July 8, 2007
What it takes to be the parent of a child with Autism
by Marc
- Scientific researcher
- Education advocate and educator
- Insurance specialist
- Herbalist and dietitian
- Doctor
- Lawyer
- Indian Chief/witch Doctor
- Physicians assistant
- Expert negotiator and arbitrator (IEP) nuff said
- Fund raiser
- Political lobbyist/activist
- Speech and letter writer
- Lectures "R" us
- Internet explorer
- Book reviewer
- Biochemist
- Play date party organizer/caterer and referee
- Web site designer
- Assistive technology and software reviewer and beta tester and inventor
- Never ending explorer of ways to say "GOOD JOB!"
- Crisis intervention specialist (Talking your spouse or other parents off the tower.)
- Stamina of a Marathon runner. And world class speed.
- The defensive prowess of Bruce Lee. Wax on/Wax off.
- Clown (Big feet Big nose red hair the whole 9 yards.)
- Santa impersonator
- Disney movie cataloger/VCR Mechanic (Grill cheese in the VCR ect....)
Kathy – June 27, 2007
Top Ten signs That You're Going to Have a Bad IEP Meeting
By Colleen F. Tomko
- The IEP invitation lists "drive-thru" hours.
- When you get to the meeting, the staff want to know what you are doing there.
- They give you complimentary white flags and tissues.
- Your child's student ID # is 666.
- They try to convince you that the attending speech therapist really is the janitor's identical twin.
- You find yourself explaining that... the regs say they can use IU's for related services, not I-O-U's.
- The special ed coordinator says 'Have we got a place for your kid".
- They think "inclusion" is some type of venereal desease.
- The staff is bumming because their label maker burned out.
- You over hear the staff talking about the Least "Resisted" Environment.
Kathy – June 27, 2007
Top Reasons to be a Behavior Analyst
- We know our ABCs
- We can teach stupid pet tricks
- Don't blame me, I'm a product of my environment...
- We don't need no stinkin' statistics!
- The continual frustration of being right
- We don't have to think
- There is religious revelation in replication
- We get to say, "SHOW ME THE DATA!"
- Behavior Counts
- Because reinforcement isn't just for breakfast anymore
Kathy – June 27, 2007