Who We Serve

Wediko Children’s Services is committed to serving children and families and collaborating with schools and referring professionals. Wediko provides residential-service as well as school-based services. 

Residential Services

The one thing that all families who find themselves at Wediko have in common is that they love their son/daughter and they have realized that as parent(s) they need assistance helping their son/daughter. Aside from the love they have for their son/daughter, families come to Wediko with a range of strengths and challenges.   

The students that come to Wediko are similar in that they struggle to find success at home, in school, or with friends.  They need structure, consistency, and compassion to learn the skills they need to be successful. Although at times they do not show it, they want to be successful, they want to learn, they get excited when they do something they know will make their parent(s) proud.

Since 1934, Wediko's work with children has shown us that if we want to help children succeed, we need to help the people who the child spends most of his/her time with, the most important people in the child’s life, family first and school second.  Family therapy is an important part of Wediko's residential programs.

Wediko has particular expertise helping children struggling complex psychological and behavioral issues.  Students often come to Wediko with multiple diagnoses.

  • Mood Disorders
    • Depression
    • Bi-polar Disorder
  • Attention issues
    • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD),
    • Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD),
    • Anxiety
  • Atypical Development Disorder
    • Asperger’s Syndrome
    • Social skills deficits
  • Trauma & Loss Attachment issues
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

School-Based Services

Wediko works with schools that want to increase time-on-task and improve the school climate.  Wediko works directly with children and families while providing professional development and clinical and program consultation to teachers and administrators.

Partnerships for the 2009-2010 school year include:

  • Boston Public Schools
  • Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District
  • Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School, Framingham, MA
  • EDCO Youth Collaborative