Weekly Update September 13, 2024

Strive Center for Autism is please to sponsor this year's Inclusive Trick or Treat at U of M Flint on Friday, October 25th, from 5:00-7:30. This event is a great time for all families to trick or treat in a safe and inclusive environment! We have hosted a table since the first year in 2019 and are looking forward to another great event! More info coming soon.

We will be moving our previously scheduled Professional Development day from October 11 to October 18. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please update your calendars.

The Tree of Possibilities is more than just a logo at Strive Center! We celebrate all the little victories - for every new skill a child learns, we give him a leaf or an apple sticker to put on his very own Tree of Possibilities poster. We keep one poster here at the center, next to his table, and one goes home, so families can celebrate all the little victories too. In August, our learners acquired 352 new skills. That brings our total for 2024 to 2,071 new skills!

Our 4 pack of tickets has been raffled off and a lucky Strive family will be enjoying the zoo on September 21st! If you did NOT receive an email, then you did not win the tickets. Thank you to all our families who entered the raffle.

Strive Center for Autism has a team for the zoo walk - and all are welcome to join! Signing up for the walk requires a $10 donation per person (children under 2 are free) and you get early entry to the zoo on September 21st. This fundraiser benefits Autism Alliance of Michigan and includes full-day admission to the Detroit Zoo, an autism resource fair with 50+ vendors, an on-stage program, a united community walk, arts & crafts, and entertainment for all ages. For more information, click here.

To join the Strive Center team, click here.

Hope to see you there!

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our DEI Committee found this site with fun craft ideas you can try at home. Enjoy!

Our center received this information from U of M Flint, and wanted to share the info with our families. All families will receive a printed flyer sent home with their child.

We are reaching out to invite you to participate in a research project led by UM-Flint Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Dr. Donna Case. If you are a parent of a child with disabilities or a person who works with children with disabilities, please see the flyer attached and consider participating. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Dr. Case at casedon@umich.edu.

This information was shared by the Michigan Autism Council. Please complete the survey if you are able. Link below or here.

We need your input!

Michigan approved the first Autism State Plan in 2012. The Michigan Autism Council is distributing surveys to get input from various stakeholders (self-advocates, families, educators, providers, and community members) to set new priorities in 2024.

We invite you to complete a survey to inform Michigan’s Autism State Plan priorities. The surveys are listed below and may be accessed through the Michigan Autism State Plan webpage. We encourage you to complete the surveys by September 16, 2024.

Parents, Guardians, and Primary Caregivers of Children Ages Birth-18

Parents/Guardians/Family Members of Autistic Adults (18 years or older)

Autistic Self-Advocates (age 18 and over)

School-Based Professional

Clinical Providers Providing Services in a Home, Clinic, or Community (not ABA services)

Medical Professional

Provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Services in the Home, Center, or Community

PIHP/CMHSP Public Mental Health Professionals

Members of the Community

We greatly appreciate that you are willing to contribute time to give your input and share with others to guide the direction of future priorities.

If you have questions about the survey, contact Amy Matthews at matthewa@gvsu.edu.

Thank you!

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:

Friday, October 18th - BOTH CENTERS CLOSED for Professional Development Day

Wednesday - Friday, November 27-29 - BOTH CENTERS CLOSED for Thanksgiving

Monday, December 23rd - Friday, January 3rd - BOTH CENTERS CLOSED for Holiday Break

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