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The basics of ABA, and how Play Works’ expert behavior analysts can help your child gain the skills and confidence they need to build a strong foundation for life.

Play Works Children’s Therapies in Hood River, Oregon continues to remove barriers for all children to receive critical pediatric therapy services for children with disabilities, even during these trying times.

Visual perception refers to the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see. This is not the same as visual acuity which refers to how clearly a person sees (for example “20/20 vision”).

Some children’s feet turn in when they walk. This is called intoeing or ‘pigeon toe’ and is very common in young children. It is one of the most common normal variants in children and is usually seen in both feet but may be just one.

Dr. Joan Arvedson, PhD shares her pioneering research, instruction, and clinical work with infants and children who have feeding/swallowing disorders.

There are critical milestones that we track to make sure that your baby is on track for developing speech and language along the expected continuum.

Torticollis- Latin for “twisted neck” — is a head tilt caused by a shortened neck muscle typically on one side of the head.

Play Works Children's Therapies now provides Teletherapy for Occupational and Speech & Language Pathology treatment for children from infancy to 18 years of age.

Play Works Children's Therapies and the Hood River community at large is fortunate to have access to outpatient Spanish/English speech-language evaluation and therapy services.

Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologists are able to identify a delay in even the youngest children.