Team maintenance includes those activities and interactions designed to promote cooperation and respectful working relationships among SAP team members. Its purpose is to maintain the health of the team and to ensure the quality of the SAP process so that SAP teams effectively work together as a problem-solving group. The best practice is for the school entity to provide time for team maintenance sessions at least once or twice a year. All members including SAP liaisons should attend maintenance activities. For at least one session, it is advisable for the facilitator to be a non-team member, knowledgeable of group dynamics and SAP.