Our comprehensive team approach to Pediatrics offers care in all aspects of health. Our goal is to help each child grow within their family and within their community to be their best, healthiest self.
What’s Different at Dimock
We offer integrated medical and behavioral health care in our pediatrics clinic. Medical and behavioral health providers sit in the same clinic and work together to ensure that children and teens in our practice receive comprehensive, timely, and holistic care for all their medical and behavioral health needs.
We work to alleviate the ‘red tape’ that so often delays essential treatments or services children need. Doctors and nurse practitioners can offer easy referrals to on-campus Eye Care, Dental Care, Head Start, and Early Intervention services and other community resources. We are proud to provide area families with a level of care and specialized attention to help their little ones thrive.
We are accepting new patients! We offer evening, Saturday, and Sunday appointment hours and free parking. For information, please reach us at 617-442-8800 ext. 2011.
Clinic Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9 am-4 pm
Sunday: Closed
At The Dimock Center, our on-site Pharmacy offers our patients extraordinary convenience, ideal solutions to access affordable medications, within an integrated care setting.
Our Pharmacy is located on the first floor of the Richards Building within the Health Center at 45 Dimock Street in Roxbury.
If you need a medication refill, please call the following number before visiting our pharmacy:
– For Adult Medicine, please call 617-708-3011.
– For Pediatrics, please call 617-708-3016.
Pharmacy Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sundays & Holidays closed
Patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are invited to attend a 6-week program offered weekly several times per year. Health screening and education events are held throughout the year.
To schedule a visit with a clinical pharmacist, ask your primary care provider to make a referral or call 617.442.8800
Because of our highly experienced, skilled staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants and case managers, women come to Dimock throughout their lives – from menstruation through family planning and childbirth through their elder years – for consistent, attentive, compassionate care every time.
Our Services
At The Dimock Center, we focus on the “whole person” to ensure that women and their families are healthy and strong. In every health care encounter, our team works to provide women with ongoing evidence-based care through a wide variety of services for women, including:
Preventive care and screening
Obstetrical care
Acute gynecological care
Family planning services (including IUD and implant insertions)
Confidential screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
Colposcopy (management of abnormal Pap smears) and LEEP procedures
Breast exams and mammograms
Walk-in pregnancy test visits
Surgical consultations, preoperative and postoperative care with gynecologic surgery performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Spanish-speaking provider and interpreter services available
Case management
We Are Accepting New Patients!
For more information about Obstetrics & Gynecology services or to book an appointment please contact us at: 617.442.8800 Ext. 2006
The Dimock Center Early Head Start & Head Start Programs provide comprehensive education and family support services to eligible pregnant women, children birth through age five, and their families. Through our work, we strengthen and support positive outcomes, economic stability, and well-being for children, families, and our community.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in Early Head Start or Head Start, please apply now online or call 617-442-8800 ext. 1390 or ext. 1219.
Dimock’s Head Start program serves 102 preschool ages children 2.9 – 5 years old and operates on a traditional school-year schedule (September – June), five days per week from 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. All 6 Head Start classrooms are located on the main Dimock campus in the Jackie Jenkins-Scott Learning Center. Breakfast, Lunch, and Afternoon snack are provided (including formula).
Dimock’s Early Head Start center-based program serves 124 infants and toddlers, ages 4 months to 3 years old all year-round (49 weeks), five days a week from 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. Breakfast, Lunch, and Afternoon snack are provided (including formula).
Dimock’s Early Head Start Home Visiting program serves 44 expectant families and their children ages birth to three years old. Operating year-round, trained Home Visiting Specialists provide weekly home visits designed to ensure positive birth outcomes for expectant families and optimal family functioning and positive child outcomes.
We are committed to helping children and families prepare to be successful in school and life as well as:
• Creating an organizational culture that utilizes a trauma-informed approach to support and empower staff.
• Combatting the stigma of mental health through the use of a trauma-informed and culturally-aware approach to program services.
• Serving as a leading voice in community advocacy, leveraging health and technology partnerships that dismantle barriers to equitable access and empower families as advocates and leaders.
• Implementing policies and practices that respond to the unique needs of our community by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Our Program Works!
We are pleased to share our Annual Report with all of our families, community and stakeholders. We take great pride in the work of our team and their commitment to every child and family’s success!
Eligibility requirements:
To enroll in Early Head Start or Head Start, families must live in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Roslindale, Hyde Park, or Jamaica Plain and meet federal income guidelines. We encourage families from these communities to apply, even if you are not sure if your family is eligible – we will make every effort to assist you in finding the right place for you and your child.
How to apply:
If you are interested in enrolling your child in Early Head Start or Head Start, please call 617-442-8800 ext. 1390 or ext. 1219 or apply now online.
Please note that applications are accepted year-round. If slots are not available, eligible families are placed on a waitlist.
To enroll in Early Head Start or Head Start, parents must provide:
Birth Record for the child being enrolled
Proof of Address (lease agreement or utility bill)
Proof of Family Income (paystubs, tax forms, SNAP, TANF or SSI award letter)
Photo Identification for parent(s) or guardian(s)
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Esta entidad es un proveedor que brinda igualdad de oportunidades.
The Early Intervention Program at The Dimock Center offers families with children demonstrating developmental delays, or who are at medical or environmental risk, a go-to resource at a critical stage of childhood development. Each family, each circumstance, is unique. Our team works to assess, support and sustain each child’s maximum developmental growth within the context of the life families live every day.
How We Work
Dimock’s team provides Individual, therapeutic Early Intervention services in surroundings that are natural to each child whether it’s at home, in early care, and/or in education settings. These services are tailored to the individual child and family, and may include one or more individual sessions with allied health professionals and developmental specialists. We base our work in developmentally appropriate play, and provide parents and caregivers play techniques to support ongoing developmental progress between visits. We offer continuing resource referral and clinical support as well, to help families accommodate the ever-changing needs of their child.
The Dimock Center has a highly qualified team of professional clinicians credentialed through the Department of Public Health in:
– Speech Language Pathology
– Physical Therapy
– Occupational Therapy
– Education Developmental Specialists
– Social Work
Therapeutic Child Group Services
For children ages 18 – 36 months old, there are also Therapeutic Child Group services available for clients at our Roxbury and Allston sites. Staffed by a variety of clinicians, including Social Workers, Educators and Speech Pathologists, these play groups provide a language rich environment in which children play, learn, and grow in their social relationships. Our group offerings change frequently and range from a Developmental Play Group to the unique Parent-Child Yoga class. If you are interested in these programs, please contact our Early Intervention office.
Referral Process and Eligibility
An initial developmental assessment is required to determine if a child will be eligible to receive Early Intervention services. This is an at-home, play-based assessment that examines development in the areas of cognition, communication, social and emotional development, motor skills and self care skills. Children who demonstrate a delay in their skills that meets the current eligibility criteria as set by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will be eligible to move forward to developing an Individualized Family Service Plan, and beginning services.
To schedule an eligibility assessment for a child, please make a referral or contact Dimock’s Early Intervention team directly. Referrals are accepted through phone, voice mail, e-mail and fax.
To make a referral, please call the Dimock Early Intervention Intake Coordinator at 617-442-8800, ext. 1414 or send an email to eireferrals@dimock.org.
In order to expedite the process, please include the following information:
– Name of child being referred
– Child’s date of birth
– Reason for referral
– Name of child’s caretaker
– Telephone number and address of caretaker
– Insurance information (if applicable)
– Primary language spoken
– Pediatrician’s name
We are a certified Early Intervention Program through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. All services are voluntary.
The Foundations for Learning Program provides comprehensive education and family support services to children birth through age five, and their families. Offering high-quality services to promote the success of children and to meet the needs of families that are working, in school, or job-searching.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in the Foundations for Learning program, please apply now online or call 617-442-8800 ext. 1219.
The program is currently licensed to serve 42 children ages 15 months to 5 years old. The program operates year-round, 7:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Breakfast, Lunch, and Afternoon snack are provided.
This program serves Private Pay Families, Voucher Families, and those on the EEC Kinderwait System for contracts slots.
We are committed to helping children and families prepare to be successful in school and life as well as:
Creating an organizational culture that utilizes a trauma-informed approach to support and empower staff.
Combatting the stigma of mental health through the use of a trauma-informed and culturally-aware approach to program services.
Serving as a leading voice in community advocacy, leveraging health and technology partnerships that dismantle barriers to equitable access and empower families as advocates and leaders.
Implementing policies and practices that respond to the unique needs of our community by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Eligibility requirements:
Families with vouchers or those seeking EEC income-eligible slots must reside in the state of Massachusetts, meet their income requirements, and have a service need of employment of education attainment.
How to apply:
If you are interested in enrolling your child in the Foundations for Learning program, please apply now online or call 617-442-8800 ext. 1219. If slots are not available, eligible families are placed on a waitlist and contacted in order of waitlist placement.
