Weekly Update November 21, 2025

Strive Centers will be CLOSED on the following dates:

Wednesday, November 26th - Friday November 28th (returning to therapy on Monday December 1st)

Monday, December 22nd - Friday January 2nd (returning to therapy on Monday January 5th)

For any families who may need a little help putting food on the table right now, here is a link for resources in our local area:

Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

This lists distribution sites for food resources across our area. Please let your BCBA know if you need help accessing more resources, we are happy to help.

Crossover Outreach in Flint has a number of holiday programs to help families with winter coats, hats, and gloves, a Thanksgiving meal, and gifts for children at Christmas. Please see flyers below with details or visit their website.

It's starting to feel chilly...and we go outside to play two times every day at Strive. Please be sure to send your child with a warm coat, mittens or gloves, hat, and boots if needed. We will practice putting all the gear on and taking it off at every recess. You are welcome to send the extra items in your child's backpack or in a separate bag. Please let your tech know if you want the winter gear to come home every night, on the weekends, or to stay at Strive.

The Strive Center for Autism will plan to be open and available for services as much as possible. In the event that we may need to cancel sessions, we will provide as much notice as we can.

Parents must sign up for our www.remind.com account, and we will inform families of any cancellations through that account. (Please ask your therapist if you are not signed up for Remind.)

The following guidelines will be used to make a decision to close due to weather:

● Because our families transport their children, the Strive Center may not close due to cold temperatures.

● A decision to close will be made by 6:00am and posted on www.remind.com.

● The Strive Center will close when driving conditions in and around Brighton or Burton are noted to be dangerous.

● Please note that locations close individually; one center may be closed while the other is open.

Parents will not be charged any fee for days cancelled by the Strive Center.

We are pleased to share that Kylee Keller, SLP, will begin providing speech services in both Strive locations in the coming month! Kylee is an independent contractor, and is working on the steps necessary to accept a wide variety of insurance payments. She is beginning in Brighton and will add Burton soon. We will continue to keep you informed of what information she needs from you to begin seeing your child for speech. Please feel free to let your BCBA know that you are interested in speech services in either location and we will work with Kylee to get things moving. Please see attached file to learn more about Kylee or to reach out to her directly.

We know how hard all our families work to ensure their children have everything they need. We like to share information on available grant programs with you periodically as a way to help.

Bluestone Voices for Autism This program awards financial aid each quarter to support families of and providers for children on the autism spectrum. We have had families have success with this program in the past, and they have a deadline of September 5th for this quarter's awards.

United Healthcare Children's Foundation This program has some eligibility requirements outlined at the link, but reviews applications on an ongoing basis, so there is no specific deadline to apply. We have had families receive grants from this organization as well.

Autism Speaks Grant Info This page lists a variety of grants for families affected by Autism.

Kacie started at the Strive Center for Autism in May of 2022. She previously worked for Easter Seals of Michigan for 5 years as a Behavior Technician. This fall, Kacie took on the role of ABA Training Coordinator. She travels to both Strive Center locations and provides training for all new hires. As an experienced Registered Behavior Technician, she is the ideal person to introduce a new hire to the joys of working with our children.

Kacie has several Associates Degrees from Mott Community College. They include Art, Science and General Education.

In her free time, Kacie enjoys gardening, going to the beach, camping, kayaking and watching reality TV.

Many parents may not be aware of our social media, and we'd love for you to follow us! We share tips and tricks for families, staff birthdays and work anniversaries, and other info.

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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.

Therapy Schedule Update Form

Here are some upcoming dates that the centers will be closed:

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!

Email: info@sc-centers.com
Website: www.sc-centers.com
Location: Burton and Brighton, MI
Phone: 810-344-8082