Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides comprehensive educational programming to 50 deaf and hard of hearing students from approximately 30 Greater Boston communities in grades 6-12.

North Crossing Program provides an alternative High School experience in Watertown High School for two classrooms of students from member school districts whose emotional and/or behavioral needs require a separate placement.

Youth Alternative Program provides a full academic program for 100 Boston students, counseling and related support services, and part-time employment to school dropouts, non-attenders, court referred, and other students-at-risk. Click here ti visit the EDCO Youth Alternative website.

EDCO-Manville Partners Program provides comprehensive academic instruction as well as intensive social and life skills instruction to academically capable adolescents diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities. Click here to downlod the program brochure.

Educational Services for Institutionalized Students (ESIS) Programs provide education and related services to adolescents residing at state-operated or state-funded institutions across the Commonwealth. These programs are provided in cooperation with several state agencies including the Massachusetts Departments of Education, Youth Services, Mental Health, Public Health, and the County Houses of Correction. EDCO provides all the special education for 1,500 students in the programs with a staff of 200 teachers. These students require medical support, mental health services, therapeutic support in addition to the education that is provided by EDCO. EDCO works in concert with agencies that provide these services.

Surrogate Parent Program is a statewide initiative that serves 10,000 students whose parents are unavailable to participate in the educational decision making process. The program was established in response to federal and state special education laws requiring parental participation in developing and monitoring individualized education plans for students with special education needs.

Migrant Education Program is an EDCO operated, state administered federally funded program that serves approximately 2,000 children of migratory agricultural workers and fishermen each year. Twelve EDCO staff members visit local farms and processing plants to identify and recruit eligible migratory children. Advocacy4 and outreach, interpreting, ESL (English as a Second Language), family literacy, parent empowerment workshops and preschool services are provided. Also, a six-week summer program for children pre-school through 12th grade provides extended academic learning in language arts and math, health screenings and nutritional meals in three locations throughout the state. Click here to see the MMEP program website.

Habilitative Services Program provides comprehensive therapeutic services in occupational and physical therapy, adapted physical education, orientation and mobility and massage therapy to 330 consumers living at the Wrentham Developmental Center and to a limited number of consumers living in community programs located throughout southeastern Massachusetts. The goals of the Habilitative Services Project seek to enhance the quality of life and care for residents, maximize their level of skill development, maintain their functional ability in varied environmental settings, promote wellness, assist in the prevention of further dysfunction which interferes with total development and meet and exceed all requirements of Federal Title XIX care regulations for residents of Wrentham Developmental Center.

Archdiocese of Boston Program serves students in 50 schools of the Archdiocese of Boston. Activities include federally funded Title 1 Family Literacy Program and Computer Assisted Instruction Program, Title 2D, Title 3, and Title 6 programs, and an Eisenhower Math-Science Grant Program.