Surviving Team MeetingsThe Team meeting experience can be stressful and confusing for parents who have children in special education. We know, because we went through fifteen years of them. Over the years we gained some insights into why these meetings can be so emotionally draining and we’d like to share some thoughts on the underlying dynamics of a Team meeting and how to prepare and make them productive.

Types of Meetings

The first thing to understand is the different types of Team meetings, because each can have different goals....


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We all know that teen-parent relations can be a tricky business. Now neuroscientists from several leading US universities think they’ve found some new brain evidence that helps explain why.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/teen-brain-shuts-hears-moms-criticism/

We all know that teen-parent relations can be a tricky business. Now neuroscientists from several leading US universities think they’ve found some new brain evidence that helps explain why.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/teen-brain-shuts-hears-moms-criticism/