Eliada

Day Treatment at Eliada Academy

Eliada Academy is a Day Treatment Program within Eliada Homes, Inc., which serves high-risk students with various mental health diagnoses who have a history of emotional and/or behavioral problems who are in need of a structured treatment program.

Program features include:

• A highly qualified, well-training staff in a licensed, accredited, structured program setting appropriate for the developmental age of the students
• Servicing community students ages 7 – 17
• Year-round operation (five days a week for six and a half hours a day except for designated holiday periods)
• Accredited as a non-public, private school by AdvancEd (SACS/CASI) (Southern Association for Colleges and Schools and Council on Accreditation and School Improvement)
• Transferable credit for successfully completing high school courses
• North Carolina Standard Course of Study with approved textbooks and teaching materials
• Balancing treatment needs while upholding high academic standards
• Creating an optimal learning environment where students feel safe to take risks in regards to their mental health issues
• Special populations served by Eliada Academy include specific mental health disorders
• Title 1, a Federal program grant, provides funding for a teacher who is dedicated to serving the needs of students who are below grade level in reading and/or math
• Model of care used by Eliada Academy integrates behavioral, educational, academics, and clinical components to implement the most appropriate service delivery for each student served. Eliada Academy believes that the success of each student is achieved by meeting that student on their current functioning level and by fostering a collaborative relationship with the student, family, community support services and receiving public school

Eliada Academy best serves students who are:

• 11 – 17 years of age
• Have an IQ of 70 or greater
• Are involved with a mental health service agency
• Meet medical necessity for day treatment
• Have a DSM-IV primary mental health diagnosis of mental illness/emotional disturbance
• Are adjudicated with dependent or delinquent
• Have a history of violence (varies on the severity)
• Have a history of behavior problems or lack of success in a school setting
• Have the ability to learn from a cognitive behavior treatment modality

Eliada Academy cannot serve students who:

• Are younger than 11 years old or older than 18 years old
• Are severely physically disabled
• Have an IQ less than 70 or have been classified as developmentally delayed
• Are juvenile sex offenders (as evidenced either by adjudication or the presence of risk factors related to offending)
• Have a primary substance abuse disorder

Additional/Enhanced Services

• Eliada Academy offers many unique services to the students served.  The diverse enrichment classes offered to students during the day not only provide an opportunity for students to apply learned skills in a different setting, but also to explore other possible interests.  Eliada offers a therapeutic animal program (TASC), a mini-bike program to the students (NYPUM) during this same enrichment block.
• Academic field trips, presentations, assemblies and special events are also provided as an integral part of the program.
• Case Managers are the daily contact person with parents, helping with parenting strategies to support treatment, communication of daily behaviors, follow up with attendance issues, link outside services with our students (Vocational Rehab, Boys and Girls Clubs, Y programs, ), arrange for testing (educational and psychological), family support services (food, housing, clothing, etc.), funding for Christmas gifts, arrange after school campus jobs for students, step into the role of community support (getting authorizations for placement), coordinating transition back to public schools, and after-care follow-up.

What difference does the program make for the children served?

Students at Eliada Acadamy:

• Learn better ways of behaving, managing emotions, experiencing academic success and gaining social skills
• Develop confidence and increase their self-esteem
• Learn to build better relationships with their peers, parents and other significant people in their lives
• Learn about responsibility and how to be accountable for their own actions and choices
• Learn appropriate classroom etiquette, study skills, and how to complete tasks, assignments, and homework at our school. When they transition back to public school they have the tools and skills to be successful students

Why do we serve the children in the program?

Eliada Academy has the tools, skills and resources to be able to integrate treatment with academics. Using a behavior modification program, The Eliada Model, we are able to assist students in learning how to function in the real world, teaching social and behavior skills in an integrated manner during classroom instruction. Each student’s treatment plan and academic plan is tailored to their individual needs, with support from teachers, education treatment specialists, therapists, case managers, and all Eliada staff.

The ratio of staff to students is 1:4 and classes rarely have more than eight students. This low ratio enables staff to provide more individualized instruction and attention for each student and facilitates teachers and staff getting to know each child and their needs more completely.