Weekly Update June 6, 2025
Strive Center for Autism
10th Anniversary
Did you know that we first opened our doors in May 2015? We're celebrating 10 years of growth in 2025. We are planning a party at each of our locations this summer for our kids and families and hope to see you all there! Our parties will be right at the end of the day, so when you come for pick up, you can stay and enjoy some time outdoors with your kids. We are planning some fun activities and refreshments. You are welcome to bring any of your family members to join us for these celebrations!
For each party, we will dismiss the children from therapy at 3:00pm to allow our staff enough time to finish their end of day duties and join the party at 3:30. If you choose to stay for the party, you are welcome to enjoy the playground with your child until everything is ready at 3:30. Strive Center staff will not be available to supervise children during the party; parents must be responsible for their own children if they choose to stay.
If you do not choose to stay, you will easily be able to get in and out of the parking lot for pick up at 3:00 before the party starts.
Brighton's Party will be June 12th!
Burton's Party will be July 17th!
4th of July Survey
Strive Centers will be closed on Friday, July 4th for the holiday. We are open as many days as possible, even during the summer, because we know how important therapy is for your child.
We also understand that many families like to take additional time off around this holiday and we want to be sure we have the correct number of staff available every day.
Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey to let us know if your child will be absent any additional days before or after the holiday.
Northville Touch a Truck - TOMORROW
Saturday, June 7 from 10 AM – 12 PM
Touch a truck 10 – 11 AM is Sensory Friendly Hour
45700 Six Mile Rd, Northville, MI 48168
Northville High School Parking Lot, Northville, MI, 48168
All ages. Stop by the Northville High School parking lot to explore all types of vehicles and to meet the people who help to build, protect, and serve our community.
You’ll also be able to register for our Summer Reading Program. Click this link for more info.
Flint Touch a Truck
We found info on Touch a Truck in Flint too!
When: July 12-13, 10-5
Where: Crossroads Village, 6140 N. Bray Rd, Flint 48505
Summer Brings Fun Fridays!
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.
Our first Fun Friday will be May 30th.
Fun Friday Activities and Dress up Themes
6/12 - Brighton party - wear your Strive shirt!
6/13 PD DAY - NO THERAPY
6/20 Sink or Float science experiment and Mismatch Day
6/27 Puffy Sidewalk Paint and Hat Day
Meet the Team!
Nikki, ABA Therapist
Nikki started at Strive in Feb 2025. Her previous work experience includes working for Gateway Pediatric Therapy.
Nikki's favorite skill to teach is echoics because she loves when kids start to form words.
From our glossary page: Echoic - an echoic is a type of verbal operant where a child repeats a word or phrase. We can use a child's echoic skills to help prompt an answer to a different type of question - like an intraverbal.
Nikki's favorite holiday is Halloween and her favorite children's book is The Rainbow Fish.
Nikki graduated from Northwestern High School.
On her days off, Nikki likes to travel, go to sports games, go camping, bowling, cooking and playing cards with friends.
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:
Friday, June 13th - BOTH centers closed for PD Day
Friday, July 4th - BOTH centers closed for Independence Day
Friday, August 8th - BOTH centers closed for PD Day
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