Meet Our Staff
From Our Founder
I’m Erin Bernett, MS, CCC-SLP, and I founded Monkey Mouths because I wanted to do what I love in a family-centered environment that fosters growth throughout the therapy team in children, parents, therapists, and families. My incredible staff and I are honored to serve families in the greater Dallas/Ft. Worth area, improving families’ lives through support and collaboration.
When I started Monkey Mouths, my desire was to provide excellent, innovative care to each patient and family. While Monkey Mouths has grown from a small team of dedicated therapists to a large practice with 6 locations, we strive to preserve our ‘families first’ culture. My “why” behind what I do has always been family and faith–which drives my mission and the mission of the company: Love Others Well. Our mission is taken from John 15:12 which says, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
As a therapist for 25 years, I have training and specialization in the following:
Language:
Applied Verbal Behavior Analysis with Vincent Carbone PhD, BCBA
Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking
Visualizing and Verbalizing/Seeing Stars/LIPS by Lindamood Bell
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Tamera Kasper Sign to Talk
Apraxia/Articulation:
Sound Card System: Developer/Presenter
PROMPT therapy/Advanced PROMPT Bridging
Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy
Kaufman Apraxia System
Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) with Edyth Strand PhD, CCC-SLP
Pediatric Vital Stim
Langmore Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
Myofascial Release Therapy
S.O.S. Feeding Therapy
Lori Overland Feeding Therapy
Beckman Oral-Motor Therapy
CAN-EAT Approach to feeding
Oralfacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT):
Coarsework through: AOMT , IAOM, Simon Says
Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTS trained)
Functional Assessment and Remediation of TOTS/Talk Tools
Voice:
Presenter for Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
UT Southwestern Singer’s Symposium
Welcome!
Nikki Wensel Rustad, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist , Monkey Mouths Asst. Director, Monkey U Co-Founder
Location: Fort Worth
Tricia Jenson, OT
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist, Director of Occupational Therapy Services
Location: Hurst, Coppell
Chessa Jones, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Frisco Clinical Director
Location: Frisco
Karen Pieters, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Hurst Clinical Director
Location: Hurst
Rebecca Lamke Sas, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: AAC Specialist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Ft. Worth Clinical Director
Location: Fort Worth
Randi Thomas, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Southlake Clinical Director
Location: Southlake
Rhonda Wilson, M.S., CCC-SLP, CLC, ASDCS
Provider Type: Speech Language Pathologist, Certified Lactation Counselor; Coppell Clinical Director
Location: Coppell
Natasha Boylan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Frisco Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Frisco
Vy Phan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Hurst Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Hurst
Kristi Erhart Rollins, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Southlake Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Southlake
Megan Sordini, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Ft. Worth Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Fort Worth
Alexandra Torget, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Coppell Assistant Clinical Director
Location: Coppell
Caitlin Hespe, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist/Lead OT Southlake
Location: Fort Worth, Southlake
Talicia High, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist, Lead OT Frisco
Location: Hurst, Frisco
Ashley Partridge, OTR
Provider Type: Occupational Therapist/Lead OT
Location: Hurst, Southlake
Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Lead Feeding Therapist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Fort Worth
Patricia Gurinsky, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, Community Outreach Coordinator
Location: Hurst
Jessie Barr, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Coppell, Frisco
Kaja Carpenter, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Fort Worth, Stephenville
Daniela Centeno, M.S., CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Portuguese/Spanish), Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Coppell
Lupe Chavarria, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Coppell, Frisco
Danielle "Dani" Darragh, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Coppell
Kim Dillon, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Monkey U Co-founder
Location: Fort Worth
Paige Faulder, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Location: Fort Worth, Southlake
Alicia Hindman, M.A., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Hurst
Nancy Lopez M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Coppell
Noelle Montague, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Listening & Spoken Language Specialist
Location: Southlake
Vanessa Parkinson BSc. Hons, CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Southlake
Tasha Rudel-Barton, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: Fort Worth
Jamie Sandoval, SLP-Intern
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist Intern
Location: Hurst, Fort Worth
Jonathan Suarez, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)
Location: Hurst
Catherine Tanner, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
Location: Southlake
Ariela Wilkins, M.S., CCC-SLP
Provider Type: Speech Language Pathologist
Location: Hurst, Southlake
