It's almost here!

Join us at Southwest Middle School in Orlando, FL (6450 Dr. Phillips Blvd - MAP) on Saturday, February 12, 2011, from 9:00am until 4:00pm for a FREE full day event designed to help bring individuals who are at risk, families who have children with disabilities and the professionals who serve them awareness of their options and rights that are available to them within the school system and beyond.

The schedule is as follows:

   8:00am      Registration/Continental Breakfast

   9:00am      Welcome/Announcements

   9:30am      Readers of the Caribbean Literacy Workshop   

                     conducted by Dr. Angela Martin Walker

   11:30am    Lunch

   1:00pm      Breakout Sessions

The "Readers of the Caribbean" literacy workshop will be seen "live" via our website.Registration is required. Please go to http://fndfl.org/hearthope/livestream/login.asp to register.

Click here for more information regarding the Readers of the Caribbean.

Click here for a complete list of breakout sessions.

If you would like to see a list of exhibitors at this year's conference, please click here.

The 5th Annual Heart and Hope Statewide Family Conference is sponsored by the Harper Family Charitable Foundation and Publix Super Markets and presented in partnership with Orange County Public Schools Exceptional Student Education and Bright Feats.

For more information or to register, please visit www.fndfl.org/categories/99/ or call the Family Network on Disabilities Central Office at 800-825-5736.