Learning is for Everyone is pleased to be part of the SPARC 2011 Conference, where we’ll be joining more than 140 exhibitors highlighting a variety of resources for children with disabilities. SPARC – STAND-Pinellas Accessing Resources Conference – showcases a wide range of support, information and resources for youth and their families. Sixty separate breakout sessions will provide basic information in educational, medical, emotional and support services in the State of Florida. Sessions will focus on professionals sharing a working knowledge of successful practices and instruction to be used at home, in the classroom, and in the community.

SPARC is an outreach of Stand Pinellas. STatewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities, or STAND for short, is a non-for-profit organization based in Florida. STAND’s purpose is to provide information and resources, and to advocate for the rights of children with disabilities to the education that he or she is entitled to under the law. The three main laws that STAND is concerned with are: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act of 1973. STAND is concerned with three main topics: advocacy, legal rights, and above all, education. We are the only organization across the nation that provides certification for special education advocacy for all children with disabilities.

SPARC 2011 will have something for everyone! TV and Radio Show host Nancy Alexander will be at the event from 7:45am to 8:30 am for a meet and greet, Miss United States 2011, Jane Rullier, with be at the event at noon. And the best news of all: All teens (16 and up) and adults with disabilities can attend SPARC2011 for FREE!!!

So check it out – and be sure to come by the Learning is for Everyone table , where we don’t see learning disabilities, only the ability to learn in a limitless number of ways!

The event will be held September 24, at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School
6410 118th Ave N Largo, Fl 33770, from 7am – 3:30pm Visit the website for details: http://www.standadvocates.org/2011schedule.html