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Why Does Summit Achievement have an Academic Component when other Wilderness Therapy Programs do not?

Why Does Summit Achievement have an Academic Component when other Wilderness Therapy Programs do not?

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Academic, Admissions, Clinical, Program, Wilderness Therapy Programming

Summit Achievement has had an academic component since it started operations in 1996. The impetus, at that time, was that one of the co-founders was working as a psychotherapist at a Northeast Boarding School and counseled many students who had gone to wilderness...

Does Summit Achievement work with Troubled Teens by Using a “Scared Straight” Model of Intervention?

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical, Program, Wilderness Therapy Programming

Summit Achievement has achieved being one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious accredited programs for struggling teens by providing our students and their families with high-quality treatment, challenging academics, and outdoor experiences. At times we are...

Why we recommend hiring a Therapeutic Educational Consultant

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical

WHAT ARE THERAPEUTIC EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS? Therapeutic Educational Consultants are professionals who assist parents. They assist in finding the right therapeutic and/or academic setting for their adolescent or young adults before, and after, Summit Achievement. We...

Is Summit Achievement like Outward Bound?

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Program, Wilderness Therapy Programming

On a regular bases the Summit admissions team is asked, “Are you like Outward Bound?” Our response is “Yes and no”. HOW SUMMIT ACHIEVEMENT AND OUTWARD BOUND ARE SIMILAR We respond “Yes” as Outward Bound and Summit Achievement combine experiential education...

How to Receive Insurance Reimbursement for Summit Achievement Treatment Services

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions

We receive insurance type questions quite often at Summit Achievement. While Summit does not have direct contracts with any insurance companies, some parents have been able to get reimbursed for part, or all of their child’s stay in the program. It is best to call...

Tips for Parents with Teens who are Refusing and/or Anxious about going to Summit Achievement

by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Academic, Admissions, Clinical, Program

Summit has been providing wilderness therapy and education at our residential facility in the mountains of western Maine since 1996. Summit is unique in the field as 99% of our students come with their parents for enrollment. The other 1% come with family members or...
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