\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 06071400} \itemau{Mart{\'\i}n, Estefan{\'\i}a; Haya, Pablo; Carro, Rosa M.} \itemti{User modeling and adaptation for daily routines: providing assistance to people with special and specific needs.} \itemso{Ardissono, Liliana (ed.) et al., Advances in user modeling. UMAP 2011 workshops, Girona, Spain, July 11--15, 2011. Revised selected papers. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-28508-0/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7138, 304-308 (2012).} \itemab Summary: This paper presents a summary of the main contributions to the $2^{nd}$ International Workshop on User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines: Providing Assistance to People with Special and Specific Needs, held in conjunction with UMAP'2011. It describes the discussions carried out during the workshop as well, and includes some reflections about key issues and current trends in the research of user modeling and adaptive systems focused on assisting people with special and specific needs. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{user modeling; adaptive systems; personal assistants; disabled people} \itemli{doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28509-7\_28} \end