​Having grown up in a rural area of southwest Missouri, Dan Matthews, founder of Summit Behavioral Services, understands how limited support services can be outside of urban areas. After earning both his undergraduate and master's degrees in Special Education, Dan became a BCBA while working as an intensive home interventionist. He was passionate about using this experience working in homes and partnering with area school districts to decentralize standard service delivery models and create more local and rural home and site-based services. In 2010, he founded Summit Behavioral Services, and eventually it grew to become the largest field-based ABA provider in Kansas City, maintaining a solid reputation for achieving results and supporting hundreds of families across several states. Two years later, recognizing that there was still a huge need for early and intensive intervention, Dan and his team opened Summit's first ABA clinic-Summit Center for Child Development. SCCD, now in operation for over 10 years, successfully prepares young children for their school years by teaching language, social, and behavioral skills. Many students have left the center and entered typical kindergarten classrooms, many with significantly improved skills and less need for ongoing support. In 2015, Summit Behavioral Services opened their first Achievement Center campus in North Kansas City; the first of three private schools approved as placements by the Missouri and Kansas departments of education. This was followed by a second campus in Olathe, Kansas, (2017), and a third in Blue Springs, Missouri (fall of 2021). The mission of the Achievement Centers is to build evidence-based, individualized programs that support social, academic, and life skills, so that students can achieve their highest potential. The schools have been an overwhelming success, with dozens of students completing our program and transitioning back to a less restrictive and more enriching program in their own districts. Today, Summit Behavioral Services serves approximately 40 districts and hundreds of families all over Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and beyond. We continue to build small, private schools closer to the communities surrounding Kansas City, so that children can learn social and academic skills in their own communities, with familiar places and people. We are a leading employer of BCBAs, skilled behavior technicians, and teachers. Many of our staff have been with our company for 5-10 years or more, evidence that Summit values their staff and knows that the quality of our company, our services, and our reputation is entirely based on the excellent providers we hire and train. Our team is beyond proud to support families in the Kansas City metro and beyond. We plan to continue to grow, adapt, and innovate in order to continue providing the very best behavioral services and supports in the region.