Delivering the highest quality behavioral health services for children and families
Our programs
We help children with a range of mental health challenges and learning difficulties. Through evidence-based treatment and programs tailored to the unique challenges they face, children and families can thrive.
Healthy communities start with healthy families. We are a preeminent voice and active resource on issues of children's mental health and advocate for change through our policy and advocacy initiatives.
We work with both students and established professionals to educate and apply the principles of evidence-based treatments. We offer a wide range of different training opportunities across our programs.
The month of March is Social Work Month. We're putting the spotlight on the dedicated social workers on our staff who provide critical resources to children and families each day.
Conversations with your children surrounding racism and prejudice can be difficult. While challenging, these conversations can lead to your child developing growth and understanding and can help you as a parent teach them to practice anti-racism.
Introducing our Trainee Spotlight series where real Baker Center trainees speak to the importance of being trained in evidence-based practices to treat children with mental health conditions.
Shorter treatment time for clients being treated with an evidence-based practice at our clinics
40+
Cities and towns represented within students at the Manville School
$1 mil+
Raised to support mental health in Waltham and the MetroWest Boston area
Making A Difference
Success Stories
I’ve never seen my son so excited about going to school and seeing his teacher and friends.
Manville Parent
It's amazing how many successes my daughter has had in a relatively small amount of time. I've gone from worrying whether she'd survive high school and graduate to how am I going to afford four years of college. It's a good worry!
Next Step Parent
Camp Baker was filled with people who met my child where he was at that moment, heard him and understood him, appreciated him. Coming from an environment in which he was barely tolerated, this was exactly the therapeutic setting he needed.
Camp Baker Parent
I have never experienced or heard of a more effective treatment program than the one at the CET. It addresses behavioral and mental health issues in children with a unique blend of practicality and empathy.
Every year, our community comes together for the Hopes & Dreams Gala to recognize champions for mental health and celebrate the hopes and dreams of the children and families we impact.
Your support of the 17th Annual Golf Tournament brings life-changing mental health and special education programs like Camp Baker, Center for Effective Therapy (CET), Manville School, and Next Step:…
Put on your capes and get ready to walk so that kids in need can fly! Our inaugural community walk takes place May 6, 2023 at the Charles River Esplanade.
How do you get people to embrace a new idea or initiative? Most people assume that the best (and perhaps only) way to convince people to embrace change is to heighten the appeal of the idea itself. We…
