Meet Our Staff

Monkey Mouths Pediatric Clinic full Texas 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 people-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 left my position in a pediatric hospital setting in 2003, I had a vision — and a desire for big changes in my work life. Monkey Mouths started as a small team of dedicated therapists, and we strive to preserve our ‘families first’ culture as we grow and expand our scope of pediatric care. My “why” behind what I do has always been family and faith: together with my son Carter and my husband Matt, we work with Alas De Dios ~ a non profit 501 C (3) corporation formed to impact the lives of the poorest and most marginalized children in Nicaragua by caring for their physical, spiritual, and educational needs.

As a therapist for over 20 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

Feeding/Dysphagia:

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

If you’ve been to any of our locations, you already know that our therapists are the heartbeat of our practice. Monkey Mouths was created with families in mind, and we strive to create environments and experiences for children that inspire growth and unlock their potential.

Welcome!

Nikki Wensel Rustad, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist , Monkey Mouths Asst. Director, Ft. Worth Clinical Director, Monkey U Co-Founder

Location: Fort Worth

Meet Our Staff

From Our Founder

Welcome!

Nikki Wensel Rustad, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist , Monkey Mouths Asst. Director, Ft. Worth Clinical Director, Monkey U Co-Founder

Emma Pate, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist, Southlake Clinical Director

Karen Pieters, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist, Hurst Clinical Director

Randi Thomas, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist, Coppell Clinical Director

Kristi Erhart Rollins, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist, Southlake Assistant Clinical Director

Alexandra Torget, M.Ed., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Coppell Assistant Clinical Director

Tricia Jenson, OT

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist, Director of Occupational Therapy Services

Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Lead Feeding Therapist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Patricia Gurinsky, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist, Community Outreach Coordinator

Anjuli Bala, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Natasha Boylan, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Amber Brobst, OTR

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Kaja Carpenter, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist

Sarah Casburn, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Daniela Centeno, M.S., CCC-SLP, C/NDT

Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Portuguese and Spanish)

Leticia Corral, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)

Marisol Cuencas, OTR

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Danielle Darragh, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Kim Dillon, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Monkey U Co-founder

Paige Faulder, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Brittany Flores, M.S., SLP-Intern

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Chelsey Garrett, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Christin Gagnon, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist

Alicia Hindman, M.A., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Lindsey Hockel, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Brooke James, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Jamie Jenkins, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist

Jamie Keeney, OTR

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Claire Kercher, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Lindsay Ladd, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish)

Nancy Lopez M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (Spanish), Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Kelly Lynch, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Emily Madden, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral-Myofunctional Therapist

Blair McClatchy, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Oral Myofunctional Therapist

Noelle Montague, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist, Listening & Spoken Language Specialist

Margaret Myers, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Taylor Myers, M.S., CCC-SLP

Provider Type: Speech-Language Pathologist

Marybeth Oliva, OTR/L

Provider Type: Occupational Therapist

Vanessa Parkinson BSc. Hons, CCC-SLP