We Are Hiring!

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Pediatric Occupational Therapy Assistant Needed

We Are Hiring!

Occupational Therapy Assistant (Part-Time)

Play for Real is looking for a special OTA to join our team. If you love to engage a child through play and your relationship with them and you believe parents/caregivers should be actively involved in therapy, then this may be the position you are looking for.

This is a part-time position and mostly afternoons. Specific days and hours can be negotiated but are likely to start at two afternoons and build from there.

If you would enjoy being a key part of a fun-loving team that also works hard to get the job done, and would take pride in helping a small organization to grow as a DIRFloortime center of excellence for children and their families, then hit the button to apply.

Great News from Step Up For Students!

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Great News from Step Up For Students!

Play for Real is very pleased to announce that Step Up For Students has more scholarships available this year. Funds from these scholarships can be used to pay for therapy at Play for Real which supports your child’s educational needs.

Do you want to send your child to a school that better meets their learning needs, but can’t afford it? Help is here. Our community partner Step Up For Students has more income-based scholarships available for the 2019-20 school year. Don’t delay, apply now. As always, they’re first-come, first-served.

To find out more, click here

Families can apply for the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship by clicking here

Holiday Hours

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HOLIDAY HOURS

Play for Real will be CLOSED on:

Monday, December 24 & Tuesday, December 25

Monday, December 31 & Tuesday, January 1

There will be limited service to existing clients on

December 26, 27 & 28

We will be open as usual on Wednesday, January 2

WE WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR!

 

Website should be displaying correctly again

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Website should be displaying correctly again 

After updating our website software this afternoon, most of our pictures disappeared including the map of the clinic location. We have temporarily solved the problem by reverting back to the pre-upgrade version of the software and will work to provide a more permanent fix as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Play for Real welcomes Maria to our team!

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A picture of Maria, our receptionistPlay for Real welcomes Maria to our team!

Play for Real is delighted to welcome our new receptionist, Maria Malone, to the team! Maria will be working for you on Monday afternoons and all day Tuesday and Friday, so this is when you stand the best chance of talking to a real person if you call our office!

Maria was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.  She lived there most of her life until she relocated to Viera, Florida with her family in September 2017. Maria began working as an Orthopedic transcriptionist and secretary in 1989 while in college and continued in that field for over 20 years. She is excited to be using her many years of office experience at Play for Real.

Maria also developed a great interest in natural childbirth and breastfeeding after the birth of her youngest daughter in 2006. She is a certified childbirth educator with Lamaze International and a certified lactation counselor with The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice.

Maria has been married to her husband Rich for nearly 23 years and they have three children. As the mom of a child who has received both speech and occupational therapy, Maria is intimately familiar with the positive impact these interventions can have.

In her spare time, Maria enjoys taking long walks with her dog Hope, singing and reading books and articles about anything “birthy.”

Welcome Brittany Davis, MS, CF-SLP

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Welcome to Brittany Davis, MS, CF-SLP, our new speech-language pathologist!

Play for Real is delighted to welcome Brittany Davis, our new speech-language pathologist to the team! 

Brittany is a recent graduate from the University of Central Missouri, where she earned her Master’s degree in speech-language pathology. She attended the University of Missouri for her undergraduate degree, where she discovered her passion for communication disorders. She believes communication is the basis of life, and is excited to help children reach their potential.

Brittany was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her first job was babysitting, which she continued throughout college. These days, her passion is still working with kids. Her particular interests are in early intervention, but has found she enjoys working with children of all ages.

In her spare time, Brittany enjoys cuddling with her rescue animals, finding new brunch spots with her husband, and watching sports. She is a book lover, and can often be found reading a good book.