I’m Patricia Gurinsky, M.A., CCC-SLP and I joined Monkey Mouths in 2015. I am Director of Community Affairs and work as a Speech-Language Pathologist. I attended TCU for undergrad and University of Northern Colorado for grad school. Prior to Monkey Mouths, I worked at a home health agency, serving as a team manager who supervised a team of speech therapists and mentored other team managers. In addition to management duties, I provided mentoring for therapists in feeding and hearing disorders, as well as serving my own patients. I also worked in a hospital setting as the primary pediatric outpatient therapist with cross-training in adult acute care. I collaborated with occupational therapists, case managers, physical therapists, referring pediatricians, specialty physicians, dieticians and social workers in both settings to provide the best services for my patients.

In addition, i have provided patient/family training on Passy Muir Valve to produce voice and support safe swallowing for patients with a tracheostomy and/or ventilator dependence assisted in successful carryover of home programs.

I encourage interactive, positive therapy with patients that involves parents/family for meaningful experiences that can be carried into the home and community. In my spare time I love watching hockey, attending TCU football games, traveling, singing, and spending time with my husband David and my son.

As a SLP since 2003, I have training and specialization in the following:

Autism:

• SCERTS model by Barry Prizant
• The Hanen Program More Than Words

Apraxia/Articulation:

• Kaufman Apraxia System
• PROMPT Therapy/Advanced PROMPT Bridging
• Talk Tools Oral-Motor Placement Therapy
• Sound Card System
• Hodson Approach to Phonological Disorders

Language:

• Tamara Kaspar Sign to Talk
• The Hanen Program It Takes Two to Talk

Augmentative Communication:

• High Tech:  Dynavox/Mayer Johnson, Tobii, IPAD/My Talk/ProLoQuo2Go/CommLink 3G/PRC/LAMP/Tango
• Low Tech:  Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS)

Oral-Motor/Feeding:

• Deborah Beckman M.S., CCC-SLP Oral-Motor Therapy
• Advanced Vital Stim, MBSS (Jeri Logeman)
• G-tube weaning and transitioning to oral feedings (Marsha Dunn Klein)
• S.O.S. Feeding Therapy
• CAN-EAT
• Special Populations in Feeding: Extreme Food Hyperselectivity
• Frasier Water Protocol
• Get Permission Approach to Feeding, Breathing, Digestion, and Swallowing in High Risk Infants
• AOMT; Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
• Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing with Joan Arverdson Ph,D, CCC-SLP, BC-NCD, BRS-S, ASHA Fellow

Hearing Differences:

• AVT techniques for hearing impairment (attended TCU Listening and Spoken Language Summer Institute)
• Use of amplification (BAHA, FM systems)
• Sign language