Ericka Wendorf
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Passionate speech language pathologist with extensive experience at Children's Hospital Colorado, specializing in cleft lip and palate and dysphagia management. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through evidence-based intervention and caregiver education. Certified Lactation Counselor and experienced feeding and swallowing therapist. Effective communicator and enthusiastic member of several multidisciplinary teams. Dedicated to improving quality of life for diverse patient populations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech and Language Pathologist
Children's Hospital Colorado
10.2012 - Current
- Active member of the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic team since 2013
- Active member of the Dysphagia Management Clinic team since 2023
- Complete Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies for patients birth through early adulthood and develop feeding plans with a focus on safety and quality of life.
- Complete velopharyngeal insufficiency assessments in conjunction with otolaryngology providers, including perceptual and instrumental (nasometry) assessment of oral-nasal resonance, standardized and informal assessment of speech sound production, and elicitation of speech samples during nasopharyngoscopy
- Complete Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing in conjunction with otolaryngology and occupational therapy providers, primarily with breastfeeding infants and individuals with degenerative disabilities
- Provide feeding therapy and caregiver education for patients ranging from infancy through childhood with a variety of challenges, including craniofacial differences, genetic syndromes, dysphagia, and failure to thrive
- Provide speech and language intervention and caregiver education for patients from early childhood through young adulthood, with a focus on patients with craniofacial differences, resonance disorders, voice disorders, speech sound disorders, and developmental delays
Speech and Language Pathologist
Memorial Hospital
07.2008 - 10.2012
- Completed my clinical fellowship year
- Provided generalist pediatric speech language pathology services, with a focus on treating speech and language delays and developing my skills as a feeding and swallowing therapist
Education
Master of Science - Speech Language Pathology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI05-2008
Bachelor of Science - Communication Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI05-2006
Skills
- Speech language pathologist specializing in cleft lip and palate, velopharyngeal insufficiency, voice, feeding, and swallowing
- Effective communicator and member of several multidisciplinary clinic teams
Certification
- Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Licensed speech language pathologist, State of Colorado
- American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association member
- Certified Lactation Counselor, The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice
- It Takes Two to Talk (R) Hanen certified and current Hanen member
Timeline
Speech and Language Pathologist
Children's Hospital Colorado
10.2012 - Current
Speech and Language Pathologist
Memorial Hospital
07.2008 - 10.2012
Master of Science - Speech Language Pathology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science - Communication Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison