To help combat the lack of special needs support services and resources, Special Needs Network, Inc. will host “Tools for Transformation: Two Days of Free Training, Resources and Advocacy for Families Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disorders” beginning at 8 a.m. on two Saturdays, April 14th and 21st in the Challengers Boys & Girls Club facility, 5029 S. Vermont Ave. In addition to free training for parents, professionals and community leaders by experts in the field, the two days will offer a free legislative breakfast including California State Assembly Health Committee Chair Mervyn Dymally and California Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism chair, Sen. Darrell Steinberg, more than six hours of free training, featuring Dr. B.J. Freeman from UCLA and Dr. John Brown from the M.I.N.D. Institute at UC Davis, a free resource fair, a free legal clinic, free lunch, free childcare, and transportation stipends for the first 50 families attending. To register or obtain additional information call the Special Needs Network, Inc. at 323.692.7772 or go on line at www.specialneedsnetwork.net.
Official Website: http://www.specialneedsnetwork.net
Added by jediger1 on March 22, 2007