Eliada Academy is a comprehensive day treatment and educational program for both residential and community based clients. This program is fully accredited to provide intensive day treatment services and is classified by the state of North Carolina as a Non-public (private) school.

Both experiential and cultural educational field trips are incorporated into the program and the school’s calendar is very similar to that of Buncombe County School System. 

Our primary mission is to help students reach their fullest potential in a safe therapeutic learning environment. Our vision is to provide an optimal learning environment that empowers children and their families to succeed.

Referrals of students from the greater Asheville area are accepted from area mental health agencies, Department of Social Services, and other public and private sources. Adolescents from ages 10 to 17 are eligible.

Program Components

• Class time 8:15am - 2:45pm. Click here to read our absent/tardy policy. Lunch is served daily.
• The day treatment program is staffed by a certified principal with QMHP standards, QMHP assistant principal, school resource coordinator, certified teachers including special education, educational treatment specialists, and QMHP case managers. Other Eliada treatment and therapeutic resource staff are also available to the program.
• Staff undergo extensive training in Eliada’s comprehensive behavioral, educational, and clinical service delivery model, treatment issues, strengths-based service planning implementation, CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention. Clinical supervision and access to clinical and psychiatric consultation are provided.
• Strengths-based individualized service plans are developed for each student. The behavioral model emphasizes the development of community living social skills, which include following instructions, asking permission, avoiding arguing and confrontation, respecting relationships with peers and adults, and anger management.
• Day Treatment clients have the choice of  participating in the therapeutic animal stewardship program, which provides instruction in the care of horses and horseback riding or in NYPUM (National Youth Program Using Minibrikes).
• Students have the opportunity to participate in various team sports, such as volleyball, soccer, baseball, golf, and basketball.
• Eliada staff work cooperatively with referral sources to develop a transition plan to help assure the student’s smooth transition back into the public school or other educational setting.
• Eliada offers expedited access to a continuum of services for children and their families.

Click here to read our School Improvement Plan.

For more information on Eliada Academy, contact:

Principal 
PO Box 16708
Asheville, NC  28816
(828) 254-5356, ext. 171


For referral information contact:

Intake Coordinator
(828) 254-5356, ext. 143