Doernbecher Children's Hospital - OHSU Doernbecher Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Eugene

The information and evaluation that they do are unreasonable when doing their tests they expect to much out of one whole day session and conclude the information they developed is solid evidence on a childs learning skills and capabilities along with comments that have nothing to do with the child or the evaluation just biased opinions. The information is out dated and the tests are to long even with one lunch break at some point a child will not want to do the tests and become disinterested in them. knowing this the results the professionals get are all invalid. Along with students at the university conducting the tests even if the professionals are working along side them they do as they please texting and talking about there own families leaving the student interns to complete the evaluation not realizing how valuable the information they gather is to the parent. A suggestion for all parents would be to look into more resources and to not stay stuck with just one opinion.

Incredibly knowledgeable thorough and compassionate staff. Part of their job can be delivering difficult news and they always seem to do so with grace and a plan of action for caregivers. They are one-of-a-kind

Wonderful work is done here.Since speaking to more individuals with wheelchairs or other transportation accommodations the bathrooms do not have an automatic door opener which makes the world of a difference for those with different accommodations.For the building to primarily serve those with disabilities and not providing an automatic door opener seems absent minded of what accessibility means to many.Great work is done here lets continue to make it better

PLEASE USE EC cares I had a referral from my doctor they lied to my doctor telling him that they had called me several times and i didnt answer. They never called me and when i called them no one answered. I got an appointment after a few months and then i canceled after i saw that they were going to put my son through a bunch of evaluations all in a few hours. They are not professionals thats not how a person should be evaluated. The brain is too complex for a few hours. These people only care about the money they get they dont care about our kids.

My son saw a team of specialists for an autism evaluation. Dr. Randall Phelps is the most kind Dr. we have ever seen. Ive been trying to get my son help since he was 2. Was dismissed for years. Dr. Phelps and his team were so amazing and kind. I went into this thinking we were going to be dismissed again and was going to give up. My son finally has his diagnosis i cant thank these people enough. Dr. Phelps you have the coolest job in the world thank you for being our angel our prayers have been answered.. we appreciate you more than you will ever know. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts. Shout out to the psychologist she was really amazing as well the OTs very cool. Thank you thank you

As a mother of multiple children with ASD I can tell you that the way this place conducts their autism evaluations is not even remotely close to how a professional autism place does things. 1 They do everything on one day and give you a answer that day no professional would ever agree to this as a sincere autism diagnosis requires a lot of thought and consideration. 2 They spent maybe 3 hours grand total with my child and I that included a background a speech evaul a supposed autism component and a hearing evaluation. I have had to go through numerous evaluations with my children and the minimum any evaluator ever spent was 6 hours grand total split between numerous days. Dont even get me started on the fact that they except a child to sit through all of this instead of separating it into different appointments. 3 The main person isnt even a psychologist its a pediatrician no pediatrician SHOULD EVER be allowed to diagnosis autism as they are not specially taught in diagnosis mental conditions matter of fact if a pediatrician ever even tried to diagnosis my child with Autism Id fire them on the spot only someone who has went to school and studied Psychology should be diagnosing such a severe diagnosis. 4 The rooms that we had to sit in for 2 12 hours combined with the exception of the audiologist room resembled miniature jails theres brick walls no real decorations or joy....how fun My pediatricians office at least has decals and the rooms are comfy these rooms were 12 feet by 10 feet. Who doesnt love being cramped in a room during one of the single most stressful moments of their lifeI think Ill leave it at that....Google mindsights and save your time and money

my daughter had an evaluation here recently. we have been patients of doernbecker in portland for years and have had nothing but good experiences. this clinic however was less than satisfactory and i was left feeling extremely defeated. in short the provider didnt listen to anything i had to say about my daughter. she completely ignored anything i tried to say. she even was extremely stereotypical when talking about people with ID. she said and i quote people with this condition are usually the ones you see in the store bagging groceries. how incredibly insensitive. she talked down to my daughter and i and completely ignored anything and everything i had to say. i frankly dont care if my daughter grows up to be a cashier or live in a group home i just want her surrounded by people that support her and care about her. she didnt receive either of those two things and frankly was treated less than human because of her condition. do not wait a year to get into this place. please go somewhere else where the staff actually cares about the children and wont use stereotypes when diagnosing your children.

--Information regarding other patients including their names was included in our sons final report. I have seen similar violations in other reports produced by this organization. Dr. Reagan Smith was snarky and condescending--even before our complaint was filed. I have a masters degree and my husband holds 2 masters and is nearly finished with his doctorate--we do not need to be spoken to as if we were in Kindergarten. Very unprofessional and poor attention to detail. Exception--In my experience Dr. Phelps is professional maintains the dignity of his patients and their families and is reasonable and helpful.

Absolutely hands down the BEST resource my family has ever invested in for my son. Dr. Phelps is an amazing and knowledgeable man who is willing to go the extra mile for the children he treats. Highly recommend to any parent with a child on the spectrum or with other needs to check this place out

I enjoyed the team of doctors we saw during my daughters evaulations. They were great. However the person male that answers the phone is extremely crude. I have talked to him more than a handful of times and each time he is snarky and insulting. His constant attitude makes me not want to bring my daughter back ever again.