{"id":2174,"date":"2010-04-22T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2010-04-22T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T14:59:09","slug":"top-10-signs-of-special-ed-advocate-burn-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/top-10-signs-of-special-ed-advocate-burn-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 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=\"Top%2010%20Signs%20of%20Special%20Ed%20Advocate%20Burn%20Out%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;float:left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/top.ten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Check out these top 10 signs you might be suffering from &#8220;special ed advocate burn out&#8221; &#8211; submitted by one of our favorite Texas advocates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <\/strong>You think of the peaceful park you like as a great place to have an IEP meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. <\/strong> You realize at the IEP meeting, the\u00a0 psychotic special ed director, who is picking invisible flowers out of mid air, is probably having more fun in life than you are.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. <\/strong>A grateful client, who thinks you walk on water, brings you a small gift. You end up having to debrief with a fellow advocate if this is based on scientific, peer reviewed research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <\/strong> You are watching a re-run of the \u201cWizard of Oz.\u201d You start to categorize the types of delusions that Dorothy is having and begin to do an FBA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> A fellow advocate comes to you with severe relationship troubles, and you start trying to remember which cognitive behavioral technique has the most empirical validity for treating this problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> You realize you actually have no friends, they have all become just one big IEP caseload.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>A fellow advocate\u00a0 asks how you are doing and you reply that you are a bit \u201cinternally preoccupied,\u201d\u00a0 receiving more than a minimal educational benefit, have preferential seating, and are not able to interact with peers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> A fellow advocate asks you to have lunch\u00a0 and you tell them that it is not measurable and would be \u201ccounter therapeutic to your current goals\u201d to do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>You tell a special ed director at an IEP meeting, consensus has not been reached\u00a0 because the coffee was decaf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And, the #1 reason you may be burning out<\/strong>&#8230;.(drum roll)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>You are packing for a trip to a large family reunion and you take your\u00a0 Wrightslaw books with you \u201cjust in case!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these top 10 signs you might be suffering from &#8220;special ed advocate burn out&#8221; &#8211; submitted by one of our favorite Texas advocates. 10. 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