  rin Bernett M.S., CCC-SLP has over 10 years of experience helping children meet their communication potentials. Prior to establishing Monkey Mouths, Erin practiced with both Cook Children's Medical Center and Our Children's House Baylor. Erin developed the Sound Card System (SCS) from years of observations that her patients were visual learners and responded much quicker when they could see and feel sounds rather than just hearing them. In addition to visual cueing with SCS,
Erin uses varied visual and tactile cues such as sign language, PROMPT, pictures and visual pacing to make learning speech and language easier.
Erin has implemented techniques from Sara R. Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP and Lori Overland M.S., CCC-SLP in treating children with sensory-motor feeding and articulation disorders. In addition to her passion for treating patients with speech and language disorders, Erin also lectures on and treats children with vocal cord dysfunction and voice disorders. E-mail Erin |
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  risti Erhart Rollins M.A., CCC-SLP has been empowering families to help their children communicate for over 12 years. Before joining the Monkey Mouths team, Kristi worked for both Cook Children's Medical Center and Early Childhood Intervention. Kristi has worked in conjunction with Erin for over 6 years in the development and use of the Sound Card System in the treatment of children with motor-planning disorders.
In addition to SCS, Kristi has also been PROMPT trained.
Kristi is trained in numerous oral-motor/feeding techniques such as Sara R. Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP, Lori Overland M.S., CCC-SLP and Deborah Beckman M.S., CCC-SLP. She has combined this experience with her knowledge of language development and her education from Vincent Carbone PhD, ABA in controlling negative behaviors that many times accompany a language disorder to establish well-rounded, success based treatment plans for her patients. E-mail Kristi |
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  atricia Martinez M.S., CCC-SLP has over 12 years of experience as a speech- language pathologist. Prior to joining Monkey Mouths, she worked in Early Childhood Intervention and the public schools. Her extensive oral-motor/feeding training which includes Lori Overland M.S., CCC-SLP, Deborah Beckman M.S., CCC-SLP and Marjorie Meyer Palmer M.S., CCC-SLP has helped to build her expertise in treating severe sensory-motor feeding disorders. Patricia's training with Nancy Kaufman M.S., CCC-SLP in treating patients with apraxia along with her use of the Sound Card System have helped in developing her skills in treating motor-planning disorders in speech.
Patricia's work with children with autism prompted her to pursue training with Vincent Carbone PhD, ABA.
She uses her NDT/Sensory Integration background to prepare children physically for their best therapy session possible. This experience as well as Patricia's love for animals helped to prompt her into pursuing her accreditation in hippotherapy. E-mail Patricia |
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  ikki Wensel Rustad, M.A., CCC-SLP has been sharing the power of communication with children and their parents for over 13 years. Before joining Monkey Mouths she practiced at Easter Seals, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, and in management at Cook Children's Medical Center as the graduate student liaison. Nikki has had extensive training in oral motor and feeding issues with such experts as Deborah Beckman M.S., CCC-SLP, Lori Overland M.S., CCC-SLP and Sara R. Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP.
She also has significant experience with behavioral and communication strategies for children with autism including training with Vincent Carbone PhD, ABA.
She finds voice therapy exciting and challenging. Based on a child's specific needs, Nikki has used auditory-verbal techniques and total communication to treat speech and language issues related to hearing impairment. She believes that therapy should be fun and functional and that parent education is crucial for each child's success. E-mail Nikki |
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  pril Davis Jones M.S., CCC-SLP has over 9 years of experience as a speech- language pathologist. Before moving to DFW to practice with Cook Children's Medical Center , April worked at the Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City specializing in pediatric TBI and augmentative communication. April loves treating children with language delays, articulation disorders, and motor-planning disorders including apraxia; her education in SCS and PROMPT have been helpful treatment techniques. She has extensive experience working with children with autism and related disorders. April has training from Sara Rosenfeld Johnson MS, CCC-SLP, Lori Overland MS, CCC-SLP, Deborah Beckman MS, CCC-SLP and Catherine Shaker MS, CCC-SLP in treating oral-motor/feeding and swallowing disorders. April feels that easy-to-follow home programming activities as well as parental involvement are imperative for overall success and carryover. E-mail April |
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  andi Thomas M.S., CCC-SLP has 4 years of experience working as a pediatric speech- language pathologist. Randi began her career with Cook Children's Medical Center where she completed her clinical fellowship year under the supervision of Erin Bernett M.S., CCC-SLP. Randi has expertise in working with children with hearing impairments using either an auditory-verbal or a total communication approach depending upon the child's specific needs. She has had extended training in developmental apraxia and motor-planning disorders. Her oral-motor/feeding skills include instruction from Sara R. Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP, Marsha Dunn Klein Med, OTR, and Catherine Shaker M.S., CCC-SLP. Randi's definition of successful treatment is to have the parents involved in therapy so that they feel empowered to work with their child in the home on a regular basis. E-mail Randi |
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