Family Time Magazine will host the 3rd Annual Autism & Special Needs Seminar from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 17 at Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 W. College Parkway, in Palos Hills. Tickets are available by calling (815) 806-8844.

Many expert speakers are lined up for this year’s special event. This year's seminar will be expanded to include autism as well as products and services available for all special needs children.

Suzanne M. Gray will speak from 1 to 1:50 p.m. in Room 2.

Topic: “Making Fitness Fun for Youth with Autism” or “Exercise Strategies for People with Autism”

Attached you’ll locate a link where you’ll be able to locate more information on how to attain tickets and learn more about each speaker.

http://www.familytimemagazine.com/autism.html

Check out this Facebook page too!

https://www.facebook.com/events/517451308283556/

Suzanne M. Gray, a Chicago fitness expert for children with special needs, recently developed “Raise the Bar ©” an award-winning fitness program for children and adults on the autism spectrum. “Raise the Bar” uses therapeutic play and fitness activities to help children with autism learn functional movement and improve body awareness, strength, motor planning and socialization in a fun, loving environment. The program is administered at Suzanne’s company, Right Fit Sports Fitness Wellness Center in Burr Ridge. It is available in a book or DVD @ www.right-fit.com.

http://youtu.be/hSccp9gyRzM

On October 12th, 2012, Right Fits Trainer, Bradley LaRocque and his family went to Fierke Elementary school in his home town of Oak Forest; a recognition ceremony was scheduled in honor of his sister Amy who passed a year ago on June 4th. The ceremony included a bench that was donated to Fierke Elementary School from the Village of Tinley Park. Amy went to Fierke Elementary School from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Bradley stated “The bench is great, it is bright and full of life, which resembles Amy very well. It’s great to see how many lives she touched, as the days go by there are always people coming up to my family and sharing stories about Amy’s presence in their lives.” Amy’s teachers had been raising money to purchase a bench for the school library however when they discovered Tinley Park would donate it, they were very excited. The $200 they raised was donated to the local food pantry where Amy went every weekend to help out. The bench will be covered with kids and Amy’s books donated from Amy and her family.

November 30th Right Fit’s owner, Suzanne M. Gray and Sheena Leedham are taking a trip to New Orleans to present at the Medical Fitness Association (MFA) 21st Annual International Conference. Suzanne and Sheena will be giving a presentation titled “The Proper Environment and Power of Play for Autistic Populations” in hope to spread the word on the importance of exercise and play for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Right Fit’s presentation is scheduled on December 1st from 8:30am – 10:00am.

Childhood obesity is on the rise. Visit any shopping area, school or restaurant and it’s plain to see that our national statistic stands to be true. Did you know, one in three children are overweight or obese? Here at Right Fit, we take this alarming statistic very seriously. Working with neurotypical children and children with special needs we take many measures to combat this rising statistic. Two programs that Right Fit currently facilitates with intentions of lowering childhood obesity and creating mindful, healthy, and active bodies is Ready Set Go with the ProActive Kids Foundation and the Raise the Bar© Fitness Program for youth, teens and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.