Weekly Update August 15, 2025
Strive Center for Autism
Temple Grandin Speaking in Genesee County ENTER TODAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND!
Strive Center has 5 pairs of tickets to share for this event! If you are interested in attending, please fill out this brief form. If we have more than 5 interested parties, we will draw names on August 15th. Winners will be notified via email.
Temple Grandin will be speaking at University of Michigan-Flint on August 22nd, 2025. The event, titled "Inclusion and Neurodiverse Learning wsg Temple Grandin," will be held at 1:30 PM. It is an in-person event and is part of the Campus Connections series. The event is free, but pre-registration is required.
Date and Time: August 22nd, 2025, 5:00-9:00 PM
5:00 pm - 6:45 pm - Community resource fair open
6:00 pm - Doors to the main lecture room open
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm: Dr. Grandin Presentation
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm: Q&A
8:00 pm -8:45 pm: Meet and greet/book signing
Location: Genysys Conference and Banquet Center, 805 Health Park Blvd. Grand Blanc, MI 48439
Event Title: Inclusion and Neurodiverse Learning wsg Temple Grandin.
Final Fun Friday on 8-22
Each Friday in the summer, we plan for an extra fun activity and a dress up day. All the dress up days are designed to be simple ones you can do with things you have at home, please don’t feel obligated to buy anything to make this happen. These are in place to help children prepare for similar dress up days in school. Staff and children will both participate in dressing up!
We will provide Strive shirts for each of the children. For more info on specific activities or dress up days, check out the weekly newsletter.
Fun Friday Activities and Dress up Themes
8/22 Science experiment: What melts in the sun? and All One Color Day
Autism Alliance of Michigan Zoo Walk
Save the date - Saturday, September 20th is the AAoM's annual Zoo Walk at the Detroit Zoo! Strive Center will have a team and we'd love you to join our team and come to the zoo. It's a great day for families to get into the zoo early, enjoy a resource fair, and everything the zoo has to offer all day. We'll share more info about joining our team as the event gets closer.
Exciting Changes
We have several exciting changes within our team to share!
In Burton, Greta has moved into the position of Behavior Specialist. This position is designed as the next step for a student who is working toward becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Greta has completed her coursework for her Master's Degree and her certification and will work toward taking her exam in the next few months as she continues to gain experience alongside our current BCBAs. We are so proud of all Greta's hard work and pleased to have her continue her journey with us!
In Brighton, Kacie has accepted the position of ABA Training Coordinator. This is a new position for our team, and we are so fortunate to have an experienced Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) take on the role. Kacie will work in both Strive locations now, overseeing the entire training experience for our new hires. We have worked on improving our training over the last year so that our new hires have opportunities to learn, observe, and grow as they work toward the goal of becoming an RBT. With Kacie's leadership, we can ensure the highest quality training for all new hires from day 1.
Vacations and other time off
We'll just keep this link right here, for your convenience. For any absences scheduled in advance, please use this form to report the dates. You may take an entire day or half day, depending on your needs.
Here are some upcoming dates that the centers will be closed:
Monday, September 1st - BOTH centers closed for Laobr Day
Friday, October 17th - BOTH centers closed for PD Day
Wednesday, November 26th - Friday November 28th - BOTH centers closed for Thanksgiving
Monday, December 22nd - Friday January 2nd - BOTH centers closed for holidays
If your family is planning a longer absence around one of those dates, or at another time, please let us know as soon as you are able!
About Us
Email: info@sc-centers.com
Website: www.sc-centers.com
Location: Burton and Brighton, MI
Phone: 810-344-8082