Speech-language Pathologist

Brief info

Education:
Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, 2009

Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Science, Northwestern University, 2001

Certifications & Acknowledgements:

  • Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Illinois
  • ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Illinois Early Intervention Credential in Speech Language Pathology
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University

Specialized Trainings:

  • Food Chaining
  • DIR Approach to Feeding

Organizations:

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Erika loves working as a speech-language pathologist. She specializes in language delays/disorders and feeding and swallowing difficulties in children birth through five years of age. She enjoys coaching parents, graduate students, and therapists.

Erika works with children with a number of diagnoses, including autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, apraxia, and various rare genetic syndromes, as well as language delay. She uses a family-centered, play-based approach that is evidence-based to address the needs of her clients.

Erika provides teletherapy and  home-based therapy services in Downers Grove, Westmont, Woodridge, Darien, Berwyn, and Cicero areas.