Photo by Toa Heftiba For more than two decades, Summit Pointe has put to use an evidence-based practice called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - or DBT - to help some in the community move their lives in a productive direction.In this episode of the Summit Pointe...
A national model is the basis for a program at Summit Pointe, the behavioral health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan.The Therapeutic Home Program pairs local volunteers with youth who have strayed from productive paths - and who need help resetting their...
Summit Pointe Autism Center Courtesy Google Maps According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder has nearly tripled since 2000. That is according to a collaborative report from the CDC and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
Summit Pointe Photo Our Summit Pointe series continues with a discussion of peer support in Episode 7. Very often, peer support specialists like Lisa and Priscilla are the deal-makers when it comes to helping people change their lives. Why? Because they have done it...
Photo by Martin Sanchez In Episode 6 of the Summit Pointe Series, Recovery Coaches Ashley and Joe discuss the goals of their jobs: To help people with their journey against addiction. What's more? They know the journey personally. That's right - they know what people...
Episode 5 in the Summit Pointe Series is devoted to highlighting the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County. Working closely with Summit Pointe, suicide prevention experts are working to educate the community on how they can help prevent...
Summit Pointe Photo Episode 4 in the Summit Pointe Series focuses on what amounts to critical, life-saving care: Assisted Outpatient Treatment. The AOT model is practiced around the country, including at Summit Pointe in Calhoun County, Michigan where court-ordered...
First Step Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center. Courtesy Summit Pointe In episode 3 of the Summit Pointe Series, Clinical Director Dr. Sean Field discusses the model of care used by Summit Pointe to deliver behavioral health services. As a Certified Community...
Summit Pointe Photo In the second visit with Summit Pointe, the importance to collaborations in the community is highlighted. Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich and Meghan Taft, Director of Community Engagement, discuss a program that went from a concept over...
In the first of a special Richard Piet Show series of visits with Summit Pointe, we begin to understand the impact of behavioral health programs in Calhoun County, Michigan. From an innovative First Step 24-hour psychiatric urgent care facility opened in 2021 to...