Summit Achievement serves adolescents aged 13 to 20 from around the world. Typically our students may be experiencing difficulty within their family, school, and/or personal lives.
The typical student may be struggling with one or more of the following:
- Academic underachievement/failure
- Adoption issues
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Computer/social media misuse/abuse
- Defiant toward authority
- Depression
- Difficulty grieving the loss of a close friend or family member
- Drug or alcohol experimentation or abuse
- Executive functioning issues
- Impulsive
- Low self-esteem
- Lacks motivation
- Mild Asperger’s/high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder and non-verbal learning disorders
- Poor decision making
- Poor social skills
- Refuses or avoids responsibility for behavior
- Susceptible to negative peer pressure
- School-refusal/truancy
Cautiously Considered:
- FSIQ below 90
- Physical aggression only in the home
- Prodromal psychiatric disorders
- Significant history of self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorder, or learning issues
- Some aggressive behavior (not indicative of a long-standing pattern)
Exclusionary Criteria:
- Active psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, current severe depression, or mania
- Active suicidal ideation
- Dissociative disorder or panic disorder (poorly controlled)
- Eating disorders not in remission
- Medical conditions or disorders which are difficult to manage in the field
- Physical conditions that substantially restrict program participation
- Refusal to enroll and comply with programming
- Sexual predatory behavior or victimization of others
- Significant history of assaultive conduct or bullying behavior
- Student is not a good fit for Summit’s current population (determined by Clinical Team)
- Substance dependence with the likelihood for development of acute withdrawal symptoms
- Significant history of running away