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About Emerald School of Excellence
Emerald School of Excellence, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an accredited recovery high school dedicated to supporting teens committed to sobriety. The school offers a challenging academic program tailored to individual learning styles and recovery goals, preparing students for college, vocational training, or immediate workforce entry. To enroll, students are required to have at least 30 days of continuous sobriety. The admissions process includes scheduling a tour and interview to discuss goals and address any questions.
Emerald School emphasizes a well-rounded high school experience, focusing on faith, fitness, and fellowship. Students have opportunities to engage in faith-based support groups, physical activities like yoga, and creative arts programs, fostering personal growth and social connections. Each student is provided with a personalized graduation plan in addition to college preparation support, ensuring that they are well supported to achieve their academic goals. In addition to student activities on campus, teens can engage in experiential education opportunities, including rock climbing, zip lining adventures, horseback riding, and more.
The school was founded to address the gap in care for recovering teens transitioning back to school, providing a supportive and inclusive environment where students can excel academically while maintaining their recovery. Emerald School recognizes the importance of routine and structure for personal well-being and success, offering a daily schedule that thoughtfully balances core academics, recovery support, hands-on activities, and dedicated time for social connection.
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Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
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Recovery School
Spiritual Emphasis
Spirituality connects patients to a higher power and helps strengthen their recovery, hope, and compliance with other treatment modalities.
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Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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Group Therapy
Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Adventure Therapy
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
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Animal Therapy
Animals can inspire trust and self-worth. In this experiential therapy, guided interactions are used to improve social skills and emotion regulation.
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Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
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Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Music Therapy
Singing, performing, and even listening to music can be therapeutic. Music therapy sessions are facilitated by certified counselors.
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Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
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Group Therapy
Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
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Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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