Edgewood Children’s Center

Edgewood School offers three unique programs for non-traditional learners. The Hitchcock School serves children at the middle and upper school levels who need assistance with social skills instruction. Edgewood also offers a specialized program for students with autism or other diagnoses along the Pervasive Developmental Disorder Spectrum. Additionally, Edgewood provides academic services and treatment for students, ages 5-17, with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.

Edgewood School strives to help children improve the way they function in the school environment through a low student-to-staff ratio and individualized instruction. The professional staff of certified special education teachers, teachers’ assistants and licensed clinical therapists work together to provide education and treatment to students and their families.

Services include:

• Occupational, speech & language, art and music therapy
• Nursing, psychiatric, medical, psychosocial and educational evaluation and consultation
• Individual, group and family therapy
• Social skills and life skills training
• Physical education
• Tutoring
• Parent education
• Respite care

Established in 1834, Edgewood Children’s Center is located on an historic 23-acre campus in Webster Groves in suburban St. Louis County.