Referrals
A family member, physician, teacher, social worker, or other interested individual may initiate the referral process by calling The Children's Center at (405) 440-6766 or click here to email.
Pediatric Medical Rehabilitation Unit
The Pediatric Medical Rehabilitation Unit (PMRU) provides family-centered medical and rehabilitative care to children and youth who have experienced traumatic injuries requiring acute rehabilitative care.
100% of patients have successfully returned home!
Admission Criteria:
- Sufficient impairments to require broad services multiple times per day
- Potential for significant recovery to a higher level of function
- 0-17 years of age
- Medically stable
- Primary need for medical rehabilitative services
- Resources available for transition to home
What The PMRU offers:
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pet Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pediatric Physiatry
- Nutritional Services
- Social Worker Services
- Education
- Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
- Child Psychology
- Counseling
- Case Management
- Training for family and caregivers
Nursing and Rehabilitative Care
Current patients have disabilities as a result of birth defects or complications, traumatic accidents and illnesses. Highly qualified staff members provide 24-hour medical, comprehensive rehabilitative therapies, respiratory care, special education, and training and support to families. The average length of stay for patients in the Nursing and Rehabilitative Care Unit is two years.
A family member, physician, teacher, social worker, or other interested individual may initiate the referral process by calling The Children's Center at (405) 440-6766 or click here to email.
Admission Criteria
- 0-17 years of age
- Must require 24-hour nursing intervention, habilitation, or rehabilitation
- Children over age three must exhibit deficits in mobility and have no primary diagnosis of mental illness, including being emotionally disturbed or having autism
Examples of Patients Served:
- Anoxic injuries
- Feeding and swallowing disorders
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Neurologic disorders
- Congenital disorders
- Orthopedic disorders
- Developmental delay
- Respiratory problems
- Disorders resulting from trauma
- Severe medical conditions
- Failure to thrive
- Speech-Language disorders