The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: The Specially Fit Foundation!

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The Specially Fit Foundation

Join us Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!  
Our guest are Marky Oliver, the CEO and Founder of The Specially Fit Foundation, and Specially Fit Athletes Ben Greer and Steven Graham. Their motto is “Changing the community one rep at a time.”

Specially Fit Foundation intends to spread the awareness that anyone can participate in exercise despite perceived limitations. By bringing together individuals such as those with special needs or children living in foster homes to join their team, they hope to make a difference in the community by changing lives through health, fitness and love.

Specially Fit Foundation’s goal is to inspire others to believe in themselves. Through their events and programs, they aim to enhance the lives of their participants by providing them the opportunity to grow their health, fitness and independence. By expanding their programs, they are opening more doors to expanding the possibilities for these individuals.

Specially Fit Foundation offers the following activities:

  • Fitness Classes for Individuals with Disabilities and At Risk Individuals;
  • Group Home/Day Care/Foster Home Fitness Classes;
  • Individual Fitness Programs;
  • Power Lifting Programs; and
  • Various Special Olympics Programs

August 10, 2019 
Valor Fitness – 10351 72nd St N, Seminole, FL 33777

Pictured:  Ben Greer, Marky Oliver, Steven Graham and Julie Ames, SNFH

The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: Family Network on Disabilities!

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Family Network on Disabilities

Join us this Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!

We welcome Tosha Littles, Director of the Parent Support Network, and Misti Pollaro, Parent Training Coordinator for the Parent Support Network.

Family Network on Disabilities is an organization that offers free help and information to families of students with disabilities, self-advocates, and professionals that serve them. Their focus is on the educational needs of students with disabilities.

Here are links to some amazing resources to include a Social Story Library (a written or visual guide describing various social interactions, situations, behaviors, skills, or concepts) and a Sound Bank (for parents to use to help their child or youth and get used to a sound, situation, or unfamiliar or upsetting environment before entering into this environment or situation).

Pictured:  Misti Pollaro, Tosha Littles, and Julie Ames (SNFH)

The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: MacDonald Training Center!

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MacDonald Training Center

Join us Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!

Our guest is Karenne Levy the President & CEO for the MacDonald Training Center (MTC). An Organization known for “Empowering people with disabilities to lead the lives they choose.”  We will be discussing their Supported Living Services, Employment Services, and Community Services.

MTC is a training center for adults with disabilities.  MTC offers person centered services customized for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, on the autism spectrum and other disabilities including hearing impairments. Services can begin as early as 18 years of age and continue throughout ones lifetime. MTC provides a wide array of products to the community. Current contracts range from light manufacturing, packaging, and assembly to sewing.  

 Pictured:  Karenne Levy and Julie Ames, SNFH     

There are two new programs being offered this July for youth ages 14-21. One program will be for teens and young adults who are deaf and hard of hearing. The other summer program will be part of our new EXCEL (Excellence in Computer Education and Learning) curriculum, and will focus on individuals with intellectual disabilities.

HCPS Adults With Disabilities Programs

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HCPS Adults with Disabilities Programs

Our guest this week is Keensha Parham, Coordinator of Adults with Disabilities for Hillsborough County Public Schools. Join us as we discuss the various job training programs available to students with disabilities ages 18 years of age and older.

Tchecoy Blount, Transition Facilitator at the STAGES Program at USF, Nicholas Brancagee, a STAGES Program Student, Keensha Parham, and Julie Ames.

Tchecoy Blount, Transition Facilitator at the STAGES Program at USF, Nicholas Brancagee, a STAGES Program Student, Keensha Parham, and Julie Ames.