by kayla | Sep 13, 2021 | Admissions, Clinical, Program
Summit Achievement finds the Stages of Change Model as a beneficial way to look at the change process for troubled teens and young adults. The Stages of Change Model, technically referred to as the Transtheoretical Model of Change, was first developed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
