Bonners Ferry, ID -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/18/2011 -- “Parents are still the key to the success of students,” asserted Brandi Elliott and Kimball De LaMare on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, Internet talk radio Monday July 11, 2011 on LATalkRadio.com

“Despite the development of a class of professional educators the last century taking on many of the functions parents used to perform,” explained Elliott and De Lemar, “parents still have a major responsibility and ability to help their children succeed in school.”

Several trends in our society that Elliott and DeLaMare identified that will impact how education will look in the future, are not only parents being more assertive in choosing their child’s education, but also the advantages and dark side of online education, the social media, and massive changes currently happening in Education such as Charter School, Vouchers, and smaller schools.

Regarding Special Needs schools for students who are struggling behaviorally and emotionally, the increase in psychological and developmental knowledge from brain research, and the ability to individualize instruction will give parents and teachers the ability to construct an educational experience unique to each child, better meeting his/her needs.

“All this developing knowledge will increase choices parents have and can lead to their confusion,” pointed out Elliott and DeLaMare, “unless methods and professionals are found to help parents sort out what is important and unimportant to their decisions regarding their children.

Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports, Inc and http://www.strugglingteens.com. He has been working with families and struggling teens since 1984, and is the Host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on LATalkRadio Monday at noon PST.

Kimball DeLaMare, LCSW, is currently the Senior Vice President of InnerChange and has over 30 years of experience working in residential treatment, outpatient, group homes and acute care healthcare settings.

Brandi Elliott is currently with Northwest Academy as their Marketing and Admissions Director and is the co-owner of Powell & Elliott Collaborative.

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens is an internet talk radio show hosted by Lon Woodbury on http://www.LATalkRadio.com every Monday noon PST. Each show has a guest(s) who is working on cutting edge methods and ideas to help struggling young people and their families. The archive of all the shows can be found at www.latalkradio.com/Lon.php.

Woodbury Reports was founded in November 1989, by Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP, as an Independent Educational Consulting firm to help parents of teens making poor decisions select a private, parent choice program that would help return the family to normalcy.

Through interviews with parents, communication with professionals who know your child well, and then thoroughly researching viable options, we can help parents make the right choices that will help your child get back on the right path. For more information visit http://www.strugglingteens.com.