Pediatric Therapy and Rehabilitative Care
Outpatient Services at Drake Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers a most comprehensive pediatric rehabilitation facility at Drake Center. All of the services offered here are designed for a specific purpose - to make high-intensity therapy and quality rehabilitative care more convenient for patients and their families.
We offer many specialized. professional services to patients, such as Cincinnati Children's first aquatic therapy program, new advancements in speech pathology, and the latest techniques and technology in physical therapy and occupational therapy.
We believe the most impressive advancements in treatment at Children's Outpatient Services at Drake Center take place each time a child takes his or her first significant step, learns to communicate a little more clearly, or moves a little bit further, pushing his or her self-esteem miles ahead. It's this focus on personalized care and developing a program that is best suited for each patient that demonstrates how much we at Cincinnati Children's truly care about each child.
One Location with a Singular Focus on Service
| "I couldn't be happier with Children's Outpatient Services at Drake Center and their Therapists. The combination provides my son with the exceptional care he needs on his road to recovery." - Barbara Mulberry |
Because of the breadth of rehabilitation services offered in one location, numerous therapists and specialists can easily maintain the constant communication and coordinated efforts necessary for a strong interdisciplinary approach. Therapists in various disciplines work together to reinforce each patient's skills and abilities, making adjustments to the plan of care to maximize the child's potential. Progress is easier to track throughout the continuum of care, making programs more cost effective and convenient.
Because the outpatient services are an extension of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, patients have a seamless transition from in-patient stays to continued outpatient therapy. Children's Outpatient Services at Drake Center also offers a convenient transition for patients from other health care facilities.
About the Team - The Expertise to Make a Difference
All Cincinnati Children's professionals from physical therapy. occupational therapy and speech pathology are certified, licensed and have specialized training in pediatrics. With the addition of many years of experience, these helath care providers are skilled to work as a team and develop a program customized to each child.
- Aquatic therapy - This unique ware-water therapy allows licensed occupational therapists or physical therapists to rpovide specialized treatement that encourages relaxation and therapeutice effects in a less strenuous environment for patients.
- Occupational therapy - Therapists help each patient strengtehn motor skills needed to complete specific tasks, as customized programs center around purposeful activities and daily living skills, such as feeding, dressing, fine motor skills, cognition and play.
- Physical therapy - Therapists develop a customized program of age-appropriate techniques, therapeutic exercises and mobility training to strengthern the gross motor skills, confidence and emotional strengths of each patient
- Speech pathology - As part of one of the largest pediatric speech pathology programs in the nation, specialists in all areas of communciation, feeding and swallowing disorders use a variety of techniques and technological tools to deliver therapy customized to each child.
How to Make an Appointment
A physician's prescription is needed This ensures that your child's primary care physician or specialty care physician is aware of and coordinating all medical services for your child. .
Call 513-636-4651 to make an appointment or for more information. Prescriptions may be faxed to 513-636-7975.
