ABOUT ME

 

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Robin Harwell M.A.,CCC-SLP

As a licensed and certified Speech Pathologist, I have over 30 years of experience working with infants, children, teenagers, adults and the elderly. I have experience in the areas of treatment for Autism, ADD/ADHD, Down Syndrome, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Stroke, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Dysphagia, and Stuttering. I also work with Accent Reduction Training and poor school performance. I present and teach around the country about the brain: how it’s designed to work, why it doesn’t and how to change that. I consult with area programs, who work with these same populations, to create and incorporate this brain building “piece” into their already existing program. With the inclusion and integration of brain building into their program, their participants expand their functional outcomes. I run a private practice where I utilize a neurodevelopmental/neuroplasticity theoretical framework for assessment and treatment. I use "tools" or activities that apply specific stimuli along one or more of the three major sensory motor pathways to "build the brain."

An evaluation is scheduled and can last approximately 2 plus hours. I assess the "patient's" sensory pathways while the family observes.


I educate the patient and the family members/caregivers that are present in which pathways are diminished and then I demonstrate and educate everyone on how to use specific activities or "tools" to build or re-build those pathways so the brain integrates this information for better attention, learning and function.


I work in 30-60 minute therapy sessions with  Bal-A-Vis-X and Brain Gym.


The brain requires frequency, intensity and duration of a stimulus in order to lay down new neural pathways. Home programs are designed so that we meet these requirements and change function.


The following are "tools" I am trained in, use, and educate others on “how to use” to "build the brain."   


  1. •Bal-A-Vis-X®

  2. •Brain Gym®

  3. •EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

  4. •Fast ForWord ® programs

  5. •My authorization number: 3B0400151: Forbrain®

  6. •Therapeutic Listening®

  7. •Samonas Sound Therapy®

  8. •Interactive Metronome®

  9. •Astronaut Training/Vestibular Rehabilitation from the Core

  10. •The KI Method ®

  11. •CranialSacral Therapy I (CST I and II)

  12. •Irlen® Vision Screening

  13. •Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LSVT ®

  14. •Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation/Facial Muscle
    Exercise Program (DPNS/FMEP)

  15. •Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment


  1. •I am certified in the Compton P-ESL program for accent reduction.


  1. •I am trained to evaluate and dispense The Fluency Master™ for
    stuttering.


For  more information click on any tool and it will take you to the appropriate web page.