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Community Leadership & Outreach

The Artz Center for Developmental Health & Audiology’s mission to raise the standard of developmental care for all children in our region is achieved through community leadership. We work towards a community where any at-risk child can receive the treatment they need, through innovative practice, advocacy and systems change and increased access to resources:

Innovative Practice:  

  • We strive to achieve the gold standard in innovative care coordination and creating a model through which true collaboration amongst professionals of various expertise occurs under one roof  
  • Our mission as a non-profit includes catalytic leadership to raise awareness through community education; We work to strengthen prevention efforts by educating providers and families so both have what they need for best possible outcomes
  • We provide excellent care to our clients and share what we have learned in order to help those children we will never meet
  • Our unique model meets families at whatever developmental stage they are at and seamlessly integrates medical psychological, sensory-motor, communication, and hearing services as is needed by each child
  • Long-term management to improve developmental processes and outcome

Advocacy and Systems Change

  • We work to build the State’s capacity to serve children with developmental needs early and efficiently, including those who are in the foster care system, uninsured or underinsured
  • We provide direct services to children who are uninsured or underinsured in our community through our financial assistance program
  • We advocate for improved standards of healthcare and policy change on behalf of children
  • We work closely with funding sources to increase individual access to services by insurance companies, grant funders, policy makers and state systems about developmental health services
  • We educate the next generation of care providers in the standards and practice of our unique developmental home model through our various advanced clinical training activities

Access to Resources   

  • We provide free access to our facilities for parent support groups and community education events
  • Our professionals serve in leadership roles in a variety of capacities throughout the state of Oregon, including: 
    • Clinical trainings
    • Adjunct faculty at local universities
    • Written contributions to local and national publications
    • Oregon Pediatric Society 
    • Oregon Speech and Hearing Association (OSHA)
    • Advisor to the State Governor’s office, Medicaid and Care Oregon