Facts and Statistics
Wediko School
- Opened 1989
- Licensed ages 6 to 21 (most students are 10 to 18 years old)
- Males only
- Capacity for 38 residential students and 10 day students
- 3:1 student to staff ratio
- 8:1 clinician to staff ratio
- Campus includes: 4 dormitories, school, dining hall, gymnasium, tennis courts, hiking and biking trails, and a lake
- Located on 450 acre lake front campus
Wediko Summer Program
- Opened 1934
- Located on 450 acre lake front campus
- Summer 2008 served 148 students
- Summer 2008 employed 158 staff
- Most students are between 7 and 18 years old
- Male and female
- 2:1 student to staff ratio
- 10:1 student to clinician ratio
- Staff and clinicians live on site
- Over 13 different activities including:
- Athletics
- Tennis
- Archery
- Dance
- Swimming
- Canoeing
- Art
- Theater & Music
- Kayaking
- Rock Fishing
- Boat Fishing
- Mountain Biking
- Brain Games
School-Based Services
- 28 years of partnership between Boston Public Schools and Wediko’s Boston School-Based Program
- In 2007-2008:
- 1,754 students received Wediko clinical services
- 289 families received family therapy
- 77 families attended one or more Parent Support Groups
- 23,641 hours of direct clinical services provided
- 600 students participated in Side by Side social skills groups
- 8 colleges & universities have placed student interns at Wediko over the past 5 years
- 50 clinicians, including social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists, provide services each week
- 19 schools receive Wediko clinical services each week in 2008-2009
- 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, clinicians are available to talk to clients in crisis
- 52% reduction in student suspensions at one urban elementary school after 3 years of participation in the Side by Side project
Demographics
- 25% of students have made suicidal gestures or attempts
- 44% of students have been involved with child protective services
- 19% of students have been in non-Wediko residential placements
- 18% of students have experienced the loss or abandonment of both parents
- 46% of students have experienced the loss or abandonment of one parent
- 40% of students have a family member with identified mental health problems
- 18% of students have been exposed to chronic family violence
- 31% of students have documented exposure to chronic neighborhood violence
- 35% of students have been psychiatrically hospitalized
- 21% of students have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- 78% of students have been identified as needing special education services
