Ozarks Healthcare Therapies to offer Parent Support Group 

Ozarks Healthcare Therapies will offer its first parent support group on Friday, June 16, at 6 p.m. in the Willard Hunter Classroom located in the Ozarks Healthcare Parkway Center at 1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd. in West Plains.

Therapists will provide information and support for parents of children with all types of developmental disabilities and will share tips for tracking and celebrating developmental milestones, living daily life at home, and how to support children with disabilities. Parents in attendance will be able to share their experiences, concerns, and questions with therapists and other parents of children with similar conditions.

No registration is necessary, and parents of children with all types of developmental disabilities are welcome to attend. Pediatric physical, speech-language, and occupational therapists will also be on site during the support group to watch children as needed. For more information, contact Ozarks Healthcare Therapies at 417-257-5959.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.