{"id":14130,"date":"2013-05-16T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9512"},"modified":"2013-05-16T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T14:00:31","slug":"2013-top-ten-signs-of-special-ed-advocate-burn-out-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/2013-top-ten-signs-of-special-ed-advocate-burn-out-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Top Ten Signs of Special Ed Advocate Burn Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"2013%20Top%20Ten%20Signs%20of%20Special%20Ed%20Advocate%20Burn%20Out\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/steamed.130.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/>Subtitle:<\/strong> Why you may need a trip to a COPAA conference to relax.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You thought the OSEP&#8217;s MOU on NCLB&#8217;s AYP came from CDC and was about another STD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0You are were actually able to follow #1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You asked the Advocate Committee to research OCR guidance on the impact of the\u00a0Albuquerque&#8217;s\u00a05000 ft altitude on blood alcohol levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0At the last IEP\u00a0meeting, you mentioned a potato launcher was indeed an assistive technology device and you could request in-home training for it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0You requested an IEE for a service animal, but the schools district attorney\u00a0submitted\u00a0a brief stating IEE&#8217;s only applied to two legged mammals&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;( true story).<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0You started misquoting Tolstoy at the last IEP meeting by stating <em>An IEP is an allegory, a due process is a story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0You realize trees only hit cars in self defense when driving too fast to IEP meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0You heard a special ed director who retired after 40 years mention, <em>Eagles may soar, but weasels\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0get sucked into jets engines<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Prior to an IEP meeting, you found the campus motto in Latin actually translated into <em>Our minimum is our maximum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You are still trying to figure out the correct number of vowels in the conference city name&#8230;&#8230;.(Alba-kirk-kee?)&#8230;&#8230;and you still can&#8217;t find the answer on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw<\/span><\/a> website\u2028\u2028\u2028.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended if you have\u00a0experienced\u00a0one or more the above symptoms, you may need a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/?page=2013Conference\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">COPAA conference<\/span><\/a> to unwind and relax.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">COPAA<\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 Find out more!<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip one of our favorite Texas advocates! 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