Pssst…Professional Coders in MI, OH and PA

The CE department here at Summit wishes to take a moment to clear up some inadvertent information we distributed recently.
Summit mailed out brochures announcing August dates for a seminar titled Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits. This program had previously been titled The RACs Are Here. Brochures mailed to MI, OH and PA contained erroneous [...]

Back-to-School Time Is Here! Updated Fall Workshop Listings

Search our fall schedule online here

It’s hard to believe that August is already here! If your life is anything like our own, this time of year seems to be the busiest — kids are getting ready for school, friends and family are all returning from summer vacations and the office is buzzing.
If you’re a [...]

HITECH Workshops – The Final Rule is out!

Upcoming Workshops

July 27 – Knoxville, TN
July 28 – Ashville, NC
July 29 – Charlotte, NC
July 30 – Winston-Salem, NC
Aug 13 – Naperville, IL
Aug 14 – Schaumburg, IL
Aug 27 – Charleston, SC
Aug 28 – Roanoke, VA

As expected, July 13th’s HITECH Final Rule issuance has brought about a new round of questions and concerns regarding EHR. [...]

Summer Sale: Double Discount Days!

Summer is officially here — lots of sunlight, outdoor activities and your favorite refreshing summer treats. We’re hoping to sweeten your summer by announcing our Double Discount Days!
Double Discount Days savings code: SS2010
Here’s the deal:
1. Register now through June 25th and save $10.00 per attendee when you use the code SS2010.
2. Also, if you register [...]

The Passing of Dr. Stanley Greenspan

On April 27, 2010 Dr. Stanley Greenspan, pioneer of DIR/Floortime model, passed away.  His long time work with autistic children and families provides a much beloved foundation among clinicians and parents alike.
From our own Dr. Esther Hess:
“It is with the greatest sorrow that I learned of the passing of Dr. Stanley Greenspan last evening. He [...]

Summit’s Own Dr. Ricardo Carrasco Honored by AOTA with Award of Merit!

We simply call him Dr. Ric.
As one of our premier instructors you may have called him “wonderful, passionate, hands-on, or powerful,” as so many attendees of his Sensory Integration and Neurodevelopmental Treatment seminars have in their evaluation forms.
But during April 2010, officially designated as National OT Month, the American Occupational Therapy Association is calling Ricardo [...]

Hygiene, Dating and Safe Sex: DIR/Floortime with Older Adolescents/Young Adults Impacted by Asperger’s Disorder by Esther B. Hess, Ph.D.

Written by Esther B. Hess, Ph.D. First published Feb. 10, 2010.
Summit Professional Education Instructor – View Upcoming DIR/Floortime Seminars
February is the month when many of us celebrate the possibilities of romance with Valentine’s Day. It comes as no surprise then that our older adolescent and young adult population with developmental delays such as Asperger’s [...]

Alternative Therapies Emerge in Wake of Rising Autism by Gary M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.

The incidence of autism is continuing to grow meteorically.  The CDC is now revising its figures to indicate that 1 in 100 children born in America fall into the autistic spectrum.  This is approximately 1 in 80 boys.  Other studies are showing that better than 1% of all American children will be classified on the [...]

Scholastic & Gates Foundation Survey 40,000 Educators on Education Reform in America

This past Tuesday (March 2nd, 2010), Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation published a survey including responses from some 40,000 public school teachers in America.  Their goal? Place teachers’ thoughts on the forefront in the discussions on education reform.
Five broad themes resonated from the survey, as reported in the official press release:
“The survey, [...]

Summit Professional Education Announces New Website

Feb 25, 2010
Nashville, TN
For Immediate Release
Summit Professional Education announced today the launch of their new website located at http://summit-education.com.  The new website will serve as the backbone for many upcoming enhancements to Summit’s involvement in the Continuing Education industry.
Summit hopes the new website will provide improvements by:

Providing a better customer service experience
Allowing more active communication [...]