I’m Ariela Neagle, M.S., CCC-SLP, and I joined Monkey Mouths in 2022. I earned my undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and my master’s degree from UT Health San Antonio. Prior to joining Monkey Mouths, I worked in home health.

 

I love partnering with families to provide positive, fun, and developmentally supportive interventions that help children thrive in their everyday lives.

 

In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, sewing, and trying new restaurants with family and friends.

 

As an SLP since 2019, I have training and specialization in the following:

 

Infants:

• Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC)

Apraxia/Articulation:

• Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing with Edythe Strand Ph.D., CCC-SLP
• Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST)
• Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy
• PROMPT Therapy

Feeding/Dysphagia:

• Guardian NMES and sEMG
• Sequential Oral Sensory Feeding Program
• Responsive Feeding
• Sensory-Motor Feeding by Lori Overland, M.S., CCC-SLP
• SOFFI®, Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants in the NICU and beyond

AAC:

• LAMP: Language Acquisition through Motor Planning

Augmentative Communication:

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT):

• Simon Says:  Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT)
• Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) Specialty Training by Mary Brezik, M.S., CCC-SLP/OMT

Receptive and Expressive Language:

• Meaningful Speech Gestalt Language Processing Training by Alexandra Zachos, M.S., CCC-SLP/L