Mainstreaming combined with budget cuts has placed the burden of making adaptations for children with disabilities upon many classroom teachers. These are just a few of the many possible road-blocks that you may encounter. In preparing for your meetings with teachers and other school officals it helps to try to see things through their eyes. St. Martin's Press. Know both sides of the argument.
Good preparation is like writing a script.
Know what you are going to say and when you're going to say it. Empower the other side so that they will listen to your argument. This means listening to them first and making them feel like you've heard what they've said. Make your argument in the form of a story. Use parables or metaphors to hook their unconcious minds.