Why Today’s Teens Need More Support Than Ever Current High school students (13-18 years old), were approximately 4th-8th graders when the COVID Pandemic broke out in 2020. At the time, these students were making the critical jump from Elementary schools to Middle and High Schools. At that pivotal stage of development, school is the focal […]
Letter to Staff at Summit – written 2023 Dear Guide, Similar to my goodbye letter I have no clue where the hell to start. So I’ll start with my word: impact: the effect or influence of one person, thing, or action, on another. A medium to measure impact one has made on others ceases to […]
One of the most common things to come up during the admissions process for a therapeutic program like Summit Achievement is “what happens next?” Even before enrollment, both parents and students are rightfully concerned about where the student will go after graduation. Does my child get to come home? What if that’s not the right […]
The mental health crisis in our country has reached new heights. Teenagers and young adults are among those most heavily impacted. Rates of anxiety in young people are growing, and we know from research that diagnoses like anxiety, depression, ADHD and learning differences are often co-occurring. For many of those struggling, talk-therapy – whether that’s […]
Academics and Treatment for Adolescent Anxiety: An Integral Part of the Therapeutic Process Since 1996 Summit Achievement has incorporated school as an integral part of our program model. This was an intentional choice made by our founders, who had witnessed students leaving therapeutic programs and returning to school ill-equipped to apply their new tools in […]
Since 1996 Summit Achievement has helped young people and their families address the challenges of mental health issues. In the last decade of our operations, Summit has seen a surge in requests for help for young people struggling with anxiety and other related disorders. Summit continues to craft our treatment program to meet the ongoing […]
Parenting is hard work. Sure, there are tons of joys in parenting and there are moments when our children can make us forget about all our struggles in raising them… but it is still hard work! Co-parenting is the shared responsibility of two parents, who are divorced, separated, never married, etc., to meet the social, […]
Summit Achievement has a new Marketing Director! Lily Wilkinson Jocham has worked in outreach and admissions for therapeutic programs since graduating from college. She has collaborated with Summit’s leadership several times over the past few years on marketing projects such as the new website launch in 2020 and various events and communications. Now she is […]
It makes sense that you are thinking about summer camp for your child, given that they have not had the best year in school. While they may eke by with passing grades, they are not thriving, and you are looking for an opportunity to put them in a better spot to be successful next September. […]
By Mike Deluca, LCSW I am writing to preface this post by saying I was an outpatient therapist for four years and I loved it! I also deeply respect my fellow outpatient therapists and their critical role in the continuum of care for clients. This post is intended to highlight some of the critical differences […]