Summit Success

Outcome Research: Measured Success in our Continuum of Care

Youth Outcome Questionnaire(Y-OQ):

WHAT DO THESE GRAPHS REPRESENT?

  • These graphs represent ten (10) years of data collected from students and parents to assess overall mental health upon enrollment (Intake), upon leaving the program (Discharge), six months (6 mos.) post-discharge, and one year (1 yr) post-discharge.

HOW IS THE DATA DERIVED?

  • This data is derived from completing the Youth Outcome Questionnaire, a 64-question tool given to parents/caregivers and students.
  • Only clients that had complete data sets  at intake, discharge, 6 months, and/or 1 year were included.
  • Several hundred complete data sets were used to calculate both Achievement and full-continuum results (Achievement + Traverse).  

WHAT IS THE YELLOW LINE?

  • The yellow horizontal line in each graph distinguishes a clinical “healthy” level of functioning
  • Below the yellow line: Healthy level of functioning
  • Above the yellow line: Unhealthy level of functioning  
  • Note: 13 points represents a clinically significant change..

OUR DATA SHOWS:

Summit students drop between 58 (Achievement alone) and 64 (Summit Achievement Continuum)during their stay and maintain significant change six months and one year after discharge.  

Overwhelmingly, clients who participate in our Continuum make significant growth in managing their mental health.

Clients who do the full-continuum perform better at discharge, 6 months post-discharge, and 1 year post-discharge compared to clients who just do Achievement. 

Students self-report a decrease in depressive symptoms:

The YOQ sub-category for Mental Health Distress measures depression, anxiety, and fearfulness. According to data collected over the past ten years (where lower scores indicate fewer depressive symptoms), students report an average score of 35 at intake,  13 at discharge, 13 at 6 months post-discharge,  and 12 at one-year post-discharge. The yellow line indicates a healthy level at 17. The graphs below represent outcomes for clients who do the full Summit Continuum and those who do just Achievement.