WHAT TO EXPECT
A thoughtful beginning.
Getting to know your child, your family, and what matters in everyday life.
Your first steps, together.
We begin the process by first understanding your child’s needs, determining whether our current services are an appropriate fit, and completing referral and insurance requirements.
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Call our Office
Call 541-344-8102 to ask about current services, availability, referral requirements, and general insurance participation. This first conversation helps determine the most appropriate next step. It does not guarantee placement or establish a clinical relationship.
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Complete referral requirements
Our office will explain what information is needed and how to send it securely. Depending on the service and insurance plan, a referral from a physician or other authorized provider may be required. Please do not send medical records, diagnoses, insurance information, or other private health information through a general website form or ordinary email unless our staff has specifically directed you to an approved secure process.
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Review insurance & authorization
Our team reviews insurance eligibility, benefits, and any required prior authorization. Verification is based on the information available from your insurer. If prior authorization is required, therapy visits may not be scheduled until approval is received. Insurance verification is not a guarantee of payment. Families should also confirm their benefits, visit limits, copayments, deductibles, and other responsibilities directly with their insurance plan.
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Get to know your child
An evaluation helps us understand your child’s strengths, everyday participation, and family priorities. We consider movement and sensory needs, communication, comfort, equipment, the environment, and the activities that matter in daily life—not just isolated skills. When another discipline’s perspective would be helpful and scheduling allows, more than one therapist may contribute to the evaluation or care-planning process.
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Make a plan together
If Functional Foundations is an appropriate fit, we discuss meaningful goals and an individualized plan of care. Your therapist will explain the recommended frequency, duration, and type of care. Recommendations reflect clinical needs, family priorities, available services, insurance authorization, and scheduling capacity.
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Review & Adjust
Together, we review progress and adapt the plan as your child’s needs change. Care may range from a focused three-week intensive to ongoing therapy over several months or years. At planned intervals, we determine whether to continue, change the focus, pause, or conclude the current episode of care.
What a visit may feel like
Our clinic is active, open, and community-centered, with room to move, rest, explore, and connect. Children participate in a variety of ways. Therapists remain responsible for privacy, safety, and each child’s individual care.
Other children, families, therapists, students, or supervised volunteers may be present in shared areas. This environment supports collaboration and natural connection.
Children may work in different positions, use equipment, move through the space, rest, observe, communicate in their own ways, or participate alongside others. We do not expect children to engage in one standard way.