Summit Professional Education works with national and state boards and associations to provide continuing education for health care professionals. Following is a list of health care professions, professional boards and associations with whom Summit Professional Education partners to meet your continuing education needs.
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS and AUDIOLOGISTS – ALL STATES: Summit Professional Education is approved by the CE board of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. These programs are offered for 0.6 CEUs (6.0 clock hours). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS – Summit Professional Education is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Approved Provider of continuing education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA – Provider #5873. Twenty-four state boards accept this certification and most others do not require pre-approval of courses.
PSYCHOLOGISTS – Summit Professional Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Summit Professional Education maintains responsibility for its program.
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS – Summit Professional Education is a National Board for Certified Counselor-approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) #6357 and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for programs that meet NBCC requirements. Summit Professional Education is solely responsible for all aspects of these programs – 6.0 hours. CA – Summit Professional Education is an approved provider of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All courses meet the qualifications for six (6) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LCSWs, and Professional Counselors as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE4192. FL – Summit Professional Education has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, provider # BAP963. OH – Courses are submitted individually for approval to the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and MFT Board for approval.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS - Summit Professional Education is a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, provider #701. Our programs meet nationally approved standards developed fort the alcoholism and drug abuse counseling field. Our programs are offered for 6.0 CEUs accepted by the NAADAC Certification Commission and by many individual state licensing and certification bodies.
SOCIAL WORKERS - Summit Professional Education, provider # 1201, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Summit Professional Education maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers participating in this course will receive 6.0 clinical continuing education clock hours. CA – Summit Professional Education is an approved provider of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All courses meet the qualifications for six (6) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LCSWs, and Professional Counselors as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE4192. FL – Summit Professional Education has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, provider # BAP963. OH – Summit Professional Education is approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board as a provider of continuing professional education for social workers, provider # RSX070801.
MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS – Many state social work licensing boards recognize our American Psychological Association and/or National Board for Certified Counselor providerships and grant CE credits. Check with your state board to see if a seminar meets your state’s requirements. CA – Summit Professional Education is an approved provider of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. All courses meet the qualifications for six (6) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LCSWs, and Professional Counselors as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE4192. FL – Summit Professional Education has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, provider # BAP963. OH – Courses are submitted individually for approval to the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and MFT Board for approval. TX: Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists has approved Summit Professional Education to provide continuing education activities for Marriage and Family Therapists, 6.0 hours, provider #393.
NURSES - Summit Professional Education submits appropriate courses to the Tennessee Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Course currently approved by the TNA for Nursing CNEs include but are not limited to Evidence-Based Skilled Dementia Care (Erin Ball), Traumatic Brain Injury (Bill Bauer or Janet Neimeier), Dizziness and Balance Disorders (Julie Neal), Treating our Wounded Warriors (Bill Bauer), Long-term Care Clinical Programming (Michelle Lucas-Webb), Fall Prevention (Susanne Pickering or Paula Simon), Skilled Dementia Therapy (Peggy Watson and Nancy Shadowens), Fall Prevention (Eileen Bach), Driving Neuroplastic Change in Stroke Survivors (Peter Levine), The RACs Are Here (Patsy Dunson), Evidence-Based Treatments for Personality Disorders (P. Robert Rhoton), Stroke Recovery (Karen McCain), RACs to Reimbursement (Karlene Dittrich). CA: Summit Professional Education is a licensed continuing education provider by the Board of Registered Nursing in the state of California – provider #CEP 15102. FL: Summit Professional Education is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing as a continuing education provider – #50-8381, 6.0 contact hours. For additional information email ceinfo@summit-education.com.
EDUCATORS - Many states grant local boards jurisdiction over professional development plans and continuing education approval. Contact your local school district to find out your state or district requirements. ILLINOIS – Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #159-000454. Please complete both ISBE forms (77-21A) and (77-21B). MONTANA – Summit Professional Education is an approved professional development provider for the Montana Office of Public Instruction. NEW JERSEY – New Jersey Department of Education approved continuing education provider – Identification #5703. PENNSYLVANIA – ACT 48 approved provider for continuing education – please make sure we have your professional identification or social security number so that your credits can be uploaded into the PERMS system. TEXAS – Summit Professional Education is an approved Continuing Professional Education Provider for the Texas Education Agency Office of Educator Certification & Standards CPE# 501337. WASHINGTON – Summit Professional Education submits its course to Educational Service District 101 (ESD 101) for approval of clock hours.
ATHLETIC TRAINERS - Summit Professional Education is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers. All seminars qualify for 6 or 7 hours of category A continuing education credits. BOC Approved Provider Number: P3785.
CASE MANAGERS – Improving Balance & Preventing Falls – Implementing Effective, Evidence-Based Tai Chi Programs (Jon Ruttenberg), Asperger’s Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (Andrew Kahn), Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment of Hand and Wrist Injuries (Carolyn Joy Co), Fall Prevention (Eileen Bach), The RACs Are Here (Patsy Dunson), Behavioral Health Ethical Challenges in Social Work and Counseling (Frances Patterson), Assessment & Treatment of Pathologies of the Shoulder Complex (Eric Oestmann), Dizziness and Balance Disorders (Julie Neal), Motivational Interviewing (Frances Patterson), Co-occurring and Differential Diagnosis (Frances Patterson), Fall Prevention (Susanne Pickering or Paula Simon), Advanced Coding (Patsy Dunson), Treating our Wounded Warriors (Bill Bauer), Skilled Dementia Therapy (Peggy Watson and Nancy Shadowens), Driving Neuroplastic Change in Stroke Survivors (Peter Levine), Traumatic Brain Injury (Janet Neimeier), Evidence-Based Treatments for Personality Disorders (P. Robert Rhoton), Stroke Recovery (Karen McCain), and RACs to Reimbursement (Karlene Dittrich) have been approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification for 6 clock hours of continuing education. For specific course approval numbers email ceinfo@summit-education.com.
NURSING HOME AND LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS – Evidence-Based Skilled Dementia Care (Erin Ball), Fall Prevention (Eileen Bach), Improving Balance & Preventing Falls – Implementing Effective, Evidence-Based Tai Chi Programs (Jon Ruttenberg), Dizziness and Balance Disorders (Julie Neal), Optimizing Reimbursement for Physical and Occupational Therapy Services (Pauline Franko), Traumatic Brain Injury (Janet Neimeier), Memory & Cognitive Rehab in the Adult and Geriatric Client (Joel Alexander), The RACs Are Here (Patsy Dunson), Fall Prevention (Susanne Pickering or Paula Simon), Skilled Dementia Therapy (Peggy Watson and Nancy Shadowens), Advanced Coding (Patsy Dunson), Driving Neuroplastic Change in Stroke Survivors (Peter Levine), Long-term Care Clinical Programming (Michelle Lucas-Webb), RACs to Reimbursement (Karlene Dittrich), Stroke Recovery (Karen McCain) have been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 6 clock hours and 6 participant hours.
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACHES – Shoulder Disorders & Other Related Shoulder Pathologies (Robert McCabe), Assessment & Treatment of Pathologies of the Shoulder Complex (Eric Oestmann), Assessment and Treatment of Hand and Wrist Injuries (Carolyn Jo Co), Shoulder Injuries & Upper Quadrant Disorders (John Gose), Assessing and Treating Shoulder Disorders & Injuries (Tambra Marik), Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy & Nerve Mobilization of The Upper Extremity (Carolyn Jo Co), Improving Balance & Preventing Falls – Implementing Effective, Evidence-Based Tai Chi Programs (Jon Ruttenberg), Chronic Neck & Shoulder Disorders (George Summers), Diagnosis, Management and Evidence-Based Treatment of Shoulder Disorders (Don Earley), Effective Evaluation and Management of Cervico-Thoracic Spine Disorders (Paul Reuteman) have been approved by the National Strength and Conditioning Association Certification Commission for Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS) for 6 or 7 contact hours.
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINERS - Shoulder Disorders & Other Related Shoulder Pathologies (Robert McCabe), Assessment & Treatment of Pathologies of the Shoulder Complex (Eric Oestmann), Assessment and Treatment of Hand and Wrist Injuries (Carolyn Jo Co), Shoulder Injuries & Upper Quadrant Disorders (John Gose), Assessing and Treating Shoulder Disorders & Injuries (Tambra Marik), Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy & Nerve Mobilization of The Upper Extremity (Carolyn Jo Co), Improving Balance & Preventing Falls – Implementing Effective, Evidence-Based Tai Chi Programs (Jon Ruttenberg), Chronic Neck & Shoulder Disorders (George Summers), Diagnosis, Management and Evidence-Based Treatment of Shoulder Disorders (Don Earley), Effective Evaluation and Management of Cervico-Thoracic Spine DisordersPaul Reuteman) have been approved National Strength and Conditioning Association Certification Commission for Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) for 6 or 7 contact hours.