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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...

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 school works in our Hybrid Model Wilderness Therapy Program

How school works in our Hybrid Model Wilderness Therapy Program

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

Most of us imagine wilderness therapy to be weeks in the woods. Often, if “academic courses” are offered, they are facilitated in an environment that is far from the formal school and classroom experience and often do not align with a student’s course and credit...
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