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Owner/Speech Language

Pathologist

Play On Words Therapy

Ashley Hancock grew up in a small Kentucky town that emphasized teamwork, family values and interpersonal connection despite varying backgrounds and beliefs. After earning her master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Murray State University, she dreamed of one day opening her own private practice specializing in pediatrics. And when businesses were forced to close during the COVID-19 quarantine, Hancock saw an opening.

“With several schools and therapy clinics closing their doors, a multitude of children were left without necessary therapy services. I wanted to provide these children with the services they needed to thrive in their community. That’s when I opened Play on Words Pediatric Therapy and began to see clients one-on-one in the office,” she says. “Since then, we have expanded and developed into a comprehensive pediatric clinic, offering speech, occupational, feeding and teletherapy services. The teletherapy branch of the clinic allows our staff to serve not only children in the Naples community, but also the pediatric population throughout the entire state of Florida.”

Outside her work in the clinic, Hancock provides free speech and language screenings to local daycares and pre-schools. She also offers teletherapy services to low income and underserved areas such as Labelle and Immokalee.