Weekly Update April 25, 2025

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! Details coming soon!

Camp Skywild, located in Ypsilanti, is a full camp experience for people on the spectrum. They have upcoming opportunites for Family Camp experiences, as soon as later this month. Check out the link for more info on this or other summer opportunities!

As many of you know, Garrett's Place Life Skills Center for Autism, owns the Burton property where Strive is located. Among other programs, Garrett's Place operates a unique POWER camp for children on the spectrum. It is a week long day camp held at Camp Copneconic in Fenton. Campers enjoy all the fun camp activities in a group with peer buddies and junior counselors, as well as trained adult counselors.

POWER Camp is the week of July 7th - 10th. Please click the link for more information.

If neither of those camps suits your family's needs...check out this list of special needs summer camps in Michigan!

Our friends at U of M Flint have shared this info on Officer Friendly Day and we wanted to share it with our families!

We are excited to invite you to our annual Officer Friendly Day event at the University of Michigan-Flint on April 26th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.! This event is for autistic individuals, along with their families, friends, and allies. It’s a chance to promote inclusion, understanding, and positive relationships with law enforcement officers.

Officer Friendly Day is a great opportunity to connect with police officers before an emergency happens, and to ask any questions about safety. The event is for children, teens, and adults with autism. There will be free food, lots of police vehicles to check out, fun activities to explore, virtual reality experiences, and even simulated traffic stop experiences where you can practice how to stay safe during a traffic stop.

Check out the flyer attached for more details and to RSVP. You can also RSVP by clicking this link: go.umflint.edu/OfficerFriendlyDay2025.

Genesee Health System is conducting a community survey to assess the mental health needs of the community. The survey is just a few questions and takes less than 5 minutes to complete, so please take a moment to share your thoughts. You can share the survey with anyone you think might like to contribute! The survey link is here and you can read the flyer below for more information.

Katie has been working at the Strive Center for Autism since October 2015. Katie has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a concentration on Autism, from Western Michigan University.

She started at the Strive Center as an ABA Therapist and then began taking on the office manager duties and has transitioned into our Marketing Ambassador. Katie supports our Leadership Team in a number of ways, and you'll see her helping out in our centers so that our Office Managers can take some well deserved vacation time.

Katie previously worked at Kaufman Children’s Center as an ABA Therapist for 4 years. She was a property manager with Village Green Management Company for 3 years.

She has 2 children and enjoys spending time with her family, exercising, organizing and crafts.

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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:

Monday, May 26th - BOTH centers closed for Memorial Day

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!

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