by Summit | Nov 1, 2025 | Mental Health
Written by: Becky Beaton-York, PhD, Founder & Director of The Knowledge Tree Series Introduction The holiday season carries a unique rhythm for those of us in the mental health field. As the world leans toward celebration and connection, by virtue of their work,...
by Summit | Oct 27, 2025 | All Blogs, Professional Development
Written By: Timothy Dunn, PT, DPT, GCS, COS-C, CEEAA OASIS data collection forms the foundation of your patient’s care plan. Connecting the dots between OASIS metrics and outcome meaningfulness should be the objective of every home health therapist. And yet, our...
by Summit | Oct 24, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Helping Young Children Through Challenging Behaviors In this Lunch and Learn session, occupational therapist Nisha discusses practical ways to understand and support young children who exhibit challenging behaviors such as aggression, defiance, tantrums, or...
by Summit | Oct 20, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
The Leadership Paradox Leaders in healthcare live under unrelenting pressure. Budgets shrink, patient volumes grow, policymakers demand efficiency, and every decision seems to require both speed and precision. In this climate, the temptation to default to rapid...
by Summit | Oct 13, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Written by: Dr. Chad Hensel, PT, DPT, MHS, CSCS Moving Beyond Opioids: Why Therapists Need Better Pain Strategies Chronic pain affects more than 50 million adults in the U.S., limiting daily function and diminishing quality of life. As therapists, we are often on the...
by Summit | Oct 7, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Between 5-13% of early school aged children show clinically significant difficulties processing sensory input and regulating their responses (Passarello, et al., 2022). As evidence based assessments are more plentiful and accurate this number continues to increase. It...
by Summit | Oct 3, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
How clinicians are introduced to their role matters. It shapes their professional identity and, ultimately, how they lead and deliver care. One of the most common gaps in clinical onboarding is failing to reinforce what today’s DPT graduates have earned—and what the...
by Summit | Oct 2, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Burnout in Physical Therapy: Recognizing, Understanding, and Addressing It Burnout is an increasingly pressing issue in the healthcare field, and physical therapy is no exception. In the video “Burnout in Physical Therapy”, Gina Carr, PT, shares her perspective as...
by Summit | Sep 22, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Written by the Summit Professional Education Team, experts in continuing education for healthcare and allied professionals Overview of Understanding Pelvic Floor Dysfunction In the video Understanding Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (watch here), a pelvic health professional...
by Summit | Sep 22, 2025 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology
Written by the Summit Professional Education Team, experts in continuing education for healthcare and allied professionals The Limits of Efficiency in Healthcare Healthcare has spent decades chasing efficiency. The industry has been conditioned to equate progress with...
