Summit for special needs students, families and professionals

To all parents of special needs students in Kentucky:

"Special Needs Summit 2011" will take place on Friday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex at WKU, located at 104 14th St.

The summit will feature workshops for parents, professionals and college students. Fun activities for the entire family will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. so that children may attend after school.

Activities will include a CEC Talent Show and an "Autism Really Speaks" panel.

To register, call (270) 745-4233 or go to www.wku.edu/specialneedssummit and print and fax the form.

Read "Enable the Disabled," the Bluegrass Institute's report advocating for more educational options for the parents of Kentucky's special-needs students here.