Welcome to Nature's Place Therapy Services, Inc.
1316 South Blvd West
Davenport, FL 33837
863-421-0556(p) 863-421-0467 (f)
Naturesplace.org 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation
Our Vision.........
Nature's Place has been the vision of speech/language pathologist, Deborah Adams, PhD-CCC/SLP. Dr. Adams first opened Nature's Place in 1999 as an outpatient clinic offering speech/language therapy combining nature, animal-assistants, and the environment on this 5-acre farm complex. Nature's Place continues to evolve as times change and unmet needs are identified and creatively addressed. Dr. Adams and the entire support staff, including the animal staff members, warmly invite you to join in our latest exciting and developing projects. Those projects include The Nature’s Place College of Progress, The Key Network, Connections Park/Acorn Shoppe, and much more.
Nature's Place College of Progress
Speech/Language Therapy
Speech/language therapy services are available for individuals of all ages, conditions, and abilities. Speech intervention includes addressing voice, fluency, articulation, and such feeding/swallowing issues as dysphagia, tactile-oral motor impairments, and augmentative/alternative communication systems to name a few. Language intervention includes the full range of receptive and expressive information processing, pragmatic processing interventions and aural rehabilitation. Currently accepting CDC+, TriCare, Gardiner, Simply, Sunshine, Ambetter, and private pay.
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Real Life Progress Program
The Real-Life Progress Program offers post-secondary academic courses to motivated and hard-working adults of all abilities and challenges utilizing speech/language intervention methods. While most education programs refer to their participants as students, we have achievers instead. Our achievers are counseled that full participation, but not skill perfection, is necessary for success. Enthusiasm, motivation, initiative, and incentive are essential. Achievers are guided to reach their full potential through diligence and hard work while identifying their strengths and weaknesses and how to manage both. The academic areas of study involve life skills potentially using culinary, sewing and textiles, gardening, and animal care activities. Achievers are expected to identify realistic career goals for themselves. While some may choose to pursue employment, others are encouraged to start their own micro-enterprises and businesses. Each individual program of study is based upon interests, talents, strengths and weaknesses. Included within this program is our All Abiliti-tees t-shirt project. This is a program wherein donated t-shirts are recycled and repurposed in the sewing program to create unique designs that are offered for sale. Included within this program is also our upcoming Key Network. These are guiding business structure programs for those individuals who will develop their own business. All proceeds go back to fund the college program.
Bread Basket
Connections Park & the Acorn Shoppe
Connections Park is our entire outdoor area wherein individuals receiving services can come and be in our peaceful environment. Visit our Acorn Shoppe where we feature items made by some of the achievers in the Nature's Place College of Real Life Progress. Items are unique, usually one-of-a-kind item suitable for a birthday, anniversary, wedding, graduation and much more. Also within Connections Park you will find the Bread Basket, the Win Win Volunteer Program, the Sewing Class & All Abiliti-tees program t-shirt project.
Types of items include:
- pillows
- stuffed toys
- All Abiliti-tees T-shirts
- household items
- special order items
Stop by Nature's Place every Monday & Wednesday, 8AM-12PM, for FREE bread, pastries, vegetables, fruit and more graciously donated by Publix. You may pick up for yourself and/or anyone else you know who may be in need. We serve over 150 individuals every day. All are welcome.
Win Win Volunteers
If you have an hour a week or several hours a week, your helping hands would be invaluable. We always need help at the Bread Basket, or with general yard and gardening projects, craft and sewing projects, general housekeeping tasks such as sweeping and mopping, and much more. Some of our projects can be taken home and completed at your convenience. Please join our Win Win Volunteer brigade for fun and friendship while keeping your hands and mind busy at the same time. All are welcome.
Sewing Class & All Abiliti-tees
Everyone of all abilities is invited to attend our sewing class. Achievers will learn tasks to make their own projects as well as participate in our All Abiliti-tees t-shirt project. Classes meet every Monday & Wednesday from 11AM-12PM. Registration is $25 along with the donation of a t-shirt. No experience is necessary, but a willingness to learn and a positive attitude are. EVERYONE is welcome.
Singles Social Club
You are cordially invited to the Social Club at Nature's Place. We have come to understand how difficult it can be to meet new people and socialize in a world where so much is offered online and not in person. This is a group for young single people, 20-40 years old, who are looking for fun and friendship in a relaxed atmosphere. Such activities may include game night, trivia, dining out, pot lucks, attending local events together, coffee night, dessert night, and much more. The Social Club events are every 2nd Friday of the month, usually in the evenings. All activities are free with only the costs of dinner or admission into an outing of choice. All young singles are welcome to attend.
Key Network
Welcome to the Key Network. This is our up and coming viewing station that is being created for all who have life challenges. As we all have life challenges that test our strength, hope, and courage, it is our mission through the various programs that we develop, to empower you to believe in yourself, to instill hope, and provide information and choices for you to improve your everyday life. Please join us as we celebrate the person that you are, embrace all of your capabilities, and know that together we can reveal your greatest power, that being your inner person. Remember, you have the power within yourself to achieve and succeed. With the keys to nourish your spirit to hope, dream, and believe, let us help you unlock those powers. This is part of the educational track for achievers within the Real Life Progress Program of Nature's Place College
Calendar-What's Happening July, 2025
July 2: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 4: Independence Day
July 7: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 9: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 11: Singles Social Club 7:30PM-9PM Disney Trivia Night
July 14: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 16: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 21:Breadbasket, WinWin Volunte4ers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abili-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 23: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
AllAbiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 28: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abiliti-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM
July 30: Breadbasket, WinWin Volunteers, Acorn Shoppe open 8AM-12PM
All Abili-tees Sewing Class 11AM-12PM.