Play Awhile

About Play Awhile

Play Awhile LLC is a pediatric speech therapy practice in Livonia, Michigan, located on Farmington Road. The clinic provides 1:1 speech and language therapy through its Wordbuilders service, along with school-based SLP contracts, a family-centered co-working and supervised play option, and Camp Communicate, a summer program for neurodivergent children ages 4 to 8. Its clinical work is centered on children and families, with website content highlighting early childhood communication, young neurodivergent children, speech-language and communication impairments, AAC, apraxia, literacy, articulation, phonological disorders, and early language development.

The Play Awhile Approach uses five core values to guide play-based therapy: Yes, And; Plan Less, Play More; Process or Product; Play to Your Needs; and With Respect, Redirect. The clinic describes therapy as child-led, family-involved, evidence-based, and grounded in play as the main therapeutic context. Its approach also emphasizes total communication, accommodations, meaningful language modeling, respectful boundaries, and neurodiversity-affirming support. The team includes founder and speech-language pathologist Olivia Rhoades, MA, CCC-SLP; director of clinical services Abby Keener, MA, CCC-SLP; speech-language pathologists Sara Wollenweber, MA, CCC-SLP, Kendall Causley, MA, CF SLP, and Makenzie Sehi, MS, CCC-SLP; and Heather Diebler, MA, CCC-SLP, who serves as Stay Awhile Play Supervisor. Team members describe interests in AAC, early childhood language, narrative language, literacy, apraxia of speech, articulation, phonological disorders, and affirming services for children of varied abilities.

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