Play for Real Therapy Services will be closed

for the 4th July

We wish you a very happy and safe celebration!

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

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 

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.

Oh dear! We have lost our pictures!

Since updating our website software, most of our pictures have disappeared and only appear in a different window if you tap or click on them. Sorry about that – we are working to get our pictures back as soon as possible!

Play For Real Wishes You All A Very Happy Thanksgiving!

Play for Real Therapy Services will be closed on Thursday November 22nd and Friday November 23rd to celebrate Thanksgiving. We are grateful for the privilege of working with our clients and families and for our dedicated staff! We will be open for business as usual on Monday November 26th.

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.

Welcome to Kim Acosta, MS, OTR/L, our new occupational therapist!

Play for Real is delighted to welcome Kim Acosta, our new occupational therapist to the team! She is a recent graduate of Florida International University, where she completed her master’s degree in occupational therapy. Kim attended the University of Central Florida for her undergraduate degree, where she first discovered her love for the central Florida area. Ever since her first job teaching swimming lessons, Kim knew she wanted to work with kids. She learned about occupational therapy after searching for a hands-on profession where she could help children of all abilities do amazing things. After further research, Kim knew that was the profession she was meant to be in.

As a Spanish speaker, Kim was able to complete some of her fieldwork abroad in Costa Rica. There she learned the value of helping people even with very limited resources, something she had not been exposed to prior in her education. This learning experience later matured to an interest in working with a local under-served population – youth in the juvenile justice system. As a graduate student, Kim went on to lead a research project exploring the role of occupational therapy in the juvenile justice system. She hopes to expand that research further during her career.

You may notice that Kim likes to be in motion; she doesn’t like to sit still for very long. She enjoys taking her dog on walking trails, going to the gym, and attempting yoga. When it’s time to refuel, she loves trying new places to eat and indulging in a dessert or two! She also loves to read, so if you can recommend a good book, don’t hesitate to tell her about it.

Welcome Kim, it is great to have you aboard and we look forward to working with you!

Play for Real Therapy welcomes Amy Gadapee, MS, CCC-SLP, pediatric speech-language pathologist to our team!

Amy is excited to join the Play for Real staff!  She has 25 years of experience in a variety of settings, but Amy’s passion is early intervention and helping children learn to communicate effectively with their family and peers.

Amy has an undergraduate degree in American Sign Language with a specialty in Deaf Language Development. She began her career in the Pinellas County School system while also earning her Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology.  She then moved to Jacksonville where she worked for Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital and Baptist Hospital providing inpatient and outpatient pediatric speech therapy for children birth through 16 years of age.  In 1998, Amy joined a private practice in St. Augustine, Florida and fell in love with Early Intervention Services and private practice.  This led her to begin researching best therapeutic intervention for children with childhood apraxia of speech.

In 2000, Amy and her husband decided to move back home to Titusville to raise their family. Since returning, she has worked part time as a contractor with Space Coast Early Intervention, Brevard County School System and Parrish Medical Center providing a wide range of pediatric therapy services including articulation, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), language, and feeding services. Amy is licensed by the Florida Department of Health and has her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)

Amy and her husband have been married for 20 years and they have two teenage boys, Chace and Ian. Her spare time is spent supporting her boys as they pursue their passions of sports and the theater, which sometimes includes joining her son Ian on stage.