Child and Adolescent Services

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You are not alone, especially in these trying times. Your child, and your whole family, deserves a bright future. Our integrated primary care and behavioral health services can help you achieve it. We help children and adolescents and their families deal with emotional, developmental, cognitive or behavioral challenges, and we address a range of issues, including anxiety and depression, substance use, and more. 

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Pediatrics

Full pediatric care in our community health centers in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville, and Waterbury.  Back-to-school physicals, well-child visits, immunizations, and more!

Outpatient Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment

Outpatient mental health and addiction treatment for your child at community health centers in BristolHartfordNew BritainPlainville, and Waterbury. Our individual and group therapies help your child with:

  • family relationships
  • depression and anxiety
  • addiction
  • trauma
  • oppositional defiant behavior
  • assistance with medication management
  • and more.

Mobile Crisis Services

We are the state's largest provider of mobile crisis services for children and adolescents, particularly in Central Connecticut.

If your child is in crisis, please call 211.

In-Home Services

We provide extensive in-home services across the state, often based on referral from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and other state agencies.

Early Childhood, Foster Care, and More

Wheeler is a statewide leader in providing early childhood, evaluation and assessment, foster care services, congregate care, and more.

Special Education

Wheeler's Northwest Village School serves students K through age 21 from dozens of districts at 91 Northwest Drive, Plainville.

Supporting Connecticut's Pediatricians

Wheeler is one of three hubs in the state for the ACCESS Mental Health CT program, providing real-time support for Connecticut's pediatricians handling difficult behavioral health and psychiatric issues. 

Joint-01.pngWheeler has earned Behavioral Health reaccreditation from The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body for providing quality, coordinated, patient-centered health care. The programs surveyed include Wheeler’s Community-Based services; Congregate Care, Extended Day Treatment and Foster Care programs; and Wheeler’s Northwest Village School.


NEWS ABOUT CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES AT WHEELER

Inspiring Hope, Changing Lives: Perspectives from Wheeler’s Occupational Therapist, Adrianne Smith

What do glitter jars and classical music have to do with occupational therapy? As it turns out, quite a bit. This is according to Adrianne Smith, Wheeler’s Northwest Village School (NVS) occupational therapist who has served students for 22 years after graduating from the University of New Hampshire. Working collaboratively with a team of transdisciplinary professionals, Adrianne develops traditional and out-of-the-box strategies to help students perform necessary tasks throughout their school day and beyond.

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