Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I didn't feel that Shauna was self promoting but rather responding to criticism from previous posts. Obviously, people feel differently and what works for some doesn't work for others. My daugther has attended Summit for 2 summers and have helped us run our home program for the past 4 years. They were instrumental in potty training my daughter with severe Autism - a HUGE accomplishment! We have loved our experiences with Summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Shauna and Summit Learning Center have been wonderful for my family. My daugther attended school at Summit for 2 years and we have worked with Shauna for 3+ years. It has been money well spent for us! I am very grateful for all they have done for my daughter. Jackie > > > > > > > > Regarding summit learning. I do not think this board is for Self-promotion - Shauna > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > > > From: aurugby1 <autism24@> > > > > To: autism-georgia@ yahoogroups. com > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:41:08 PM > > > > Subject: Summit Learning Center > > > > > > > > > > > > As one of the Directors/Founders of Summit Learning Center, I would just like to make a statement regarding recent posts on here. ABA schools, centers, and home programs are not easy to run and organize. It takes A LOT of work, as most of y'all know that are running a home program. Even recent posts on here have discussed how difficult it is to keep therapists and hold a schedule with them. It's very difficult and it's hard work what the therapists are doing with your children. I work very hard with these children and I can tell you that money is not my motivation (I have my BCBA and I don't charge anywhere NEAR the BCBA rate). You can talk to any of the families I work with. Opening Summit has been a great experience and each year things get better and better. > > > > > > > > Every student has a different experience at Summit because it is basically like running a bunch of home programs, without placing the hassle on the parent to keep therapists and schedule them. With that being said, sometimes people are out sick, sometimes therapist just don't work for your child, and sometimes the work is just too much for a therapist to handle. When that happens, as parents doing home programs know, there are times when you need to change therapists, change companies, etc. It's just part of running an ABA program. Parents are happy with different aspects of ABA programs, and this happens at Summit too....just like it happens at ALL the other ABA centers in Atlanta. We have families come to us from other centers who have been very unhappy with their services, yet happy with ours. Then we have families who leave Summit and go to other centers and are happier with their services. People have very different expectations. If we did not > meet > > > > your expectations, we apologize, but I assure you that unhappy parents are not the norm at Summit. We have many very happy families and happy students making great progress who have been with us for upwards of 4 years. > > > > > > > > All that being said, I would like to make one more comment. We LOVE our teachers/therapists at Summit. They are WONDERFUL people who LOVE working with these children. Summit is not some big corporation looking to take money from parents. We try to keep our tuition as LOW as possible and we have worked with many families who did not have enough money to attend Summit, so that they could attend. Our teachers are not paid $12.00/hr as recently stated. They are paid a competitive rate based on their experience. Like I said, Summit is like running a bunch of home programs. So our therapists are paid competitively with what a therapist would make in a home program. Most of our teachers have either their bachelor's degree in something like Psychology or they are working towards their bachelor's. The pay they are getting is competitive with their degrees/experience. Most of our therapists have been at Summit for at least 2-3 years and some of them for 4 or > more > > > > years. That's rare to be able to keep a home program therapist for that long. This is a difficult field to work in, which makes it difficult to always find/keep the right people. How we run Summit helps keep our tuition low. If you look around, most places around the US are at least $4000/month to attend. > > > > > > > > Obviously this is my opinion, but rumors annoy me, so I wanted to give my opinion on the matter. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your time reading this and if you have any questions for me you can email me privately and I would be more than happy to answer them for you. > > > > > > > > Shauna , M.Ed., BCBA > > > > Summit Learning Center > > > > > > > > www.summitlearningc enter.org > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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