'Play is the work of childhood'

Therapy SPOT showcases expanded facility

Caroline Bowman, left, and Lea Lanier, the owners of the Therapy SPOT, explain how its new therapy gym with its many activities can be used for speech therapy with children, as well as physical and occupational therapy. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

Therapy SPOT owners Web — Caroline Bowman, left, and Lea Lanier, the owners of the Therapy SPOT, explain how its new therapy gym with its many activities can be used for speech therapy with children, as well as physical and occupational therapy. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

"Play is the work of childhood," said Caroline Bowman as she and business partner and fellow speech-language pathologist Lea Lanier showed off the new therapy gym at their multidisciplinary therapy center, the Therapy SPOT. The room pops with bright colors and inviting ways for children to be challenged and rewarded with play. So does the outdoor therapy area designed free-of-charge by a pair of Georgia Southern University graphic designers. An open house Nov. 19 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. will give the public a chance to see these and other features of the Therapy SPOT's recently completed new home at 508 Gentilly Rd. Since Bowman and another speech therapist founded the practice in 2007, the Therapy SPOT has expanded to include nine therapists in speech, physical and occupational therapy, hence the acronym S.P.O.T. Largely by word of mouth among parents and referrals from physicians, the SPOT has also outgrown two previous buildings.

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