Julia Uhlig
Park Ridge,IL
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech and Language Pathologist
District U-46
08.2025 - Current
- Implemented treatment plans to address a diverse range of speech, language, and communication needs for over 40 students in 3rd-6th grade.
- Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of speech pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers, and educators to ensure student success and integration of treatment goals in and out of the classroom.
- Conducted formal and informal articulation and language assessments (including The Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language CASL-2) to identify speech and language needs of students.
Graduate Student Clinician- Acute Care
Advocate Christ Medical Center
03.2025 - 06.2025
- Within the 750+ bed, Level 1 Trauma, and Primary Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, provided patient assessments and evidence based-therapeutic treatment for dysphagia/swallowing, voice dysarthria/speech, language, cognition, respiration/ phonation Passy Muir speaking valve tolerance trials (for endotracheal and tracheostomy patients), and total communication for patients with (but not limited to) aphasia, TBIs, and degenerative diseases (e.g. ALS, Dementia, Parkinson's).
- Completed and documented oral mechanism exams and clinical swallowing evaluations for patients within (but not limited to) the emergency department, head and neck cancer/ oncology unit, surgical- trauma intensive care unit, adult surgical heart unit, neurological intensive care unit.
- Performed Video Fluoroscopic Video Swallow Studies(MBSS), including scoring and analyzing utilizing the MBSImP protocol.
- Administered standardized assessments including, The Bedside Western Aphasia Battery (WAB-R), Cognistat, O-Log, Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT), and informal motor speech assessments.
Graduate Student Clinician
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
03.2025 - 03.2025
- Assisted in performing, analyzing, and scoring of Video Fluoroscopic Swallow Studies using MBSImP protocol for inpatient and outpatient adults.
Graduate Student Clinician
District U-46
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Provided push-in large group, pull-out small group, and individual speech and language services in areas of articulation/ phonology, language, auditory memory, and fluency.
- Provided adapted and tailored therapy activities for pre-school aged- students with complicated birth histories often requiring adaptive physical support, swallowing support, and communication needs including high and low tech AAC/ multi-modality communication including eye gaze based devices.
- Administered informal speech and language screenings and diagnostic evaluations using the Preschool Language Scales (PLS-5), Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA-3), The Communication Matrix, and The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale.
Graduate Student Clinician- Pediatric Populations
Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Provided speech and language services in-person and through telehealth for adolescents ranging from 2-10 years of age with receptive and expressive language disorders, fluency disorders, and speech sound disorders.
- Administered a diagnostic evaluation using the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF-P3).
- Served as a student facilitator in a neurodivergent teen peer group, All Brains.
- Provided individual in person neurodivergent affirming therapy for an autistic teen. Developing sensory needs and self-advocacy tool kits.
Graduate Student Clinician Adult Populations
Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Provided individual telehealth therapy for a client with a cognitive communication impairment including, moderate Broca's aphasia, apraxia, and executive dysfunction s/p CVA.
- Provided individual in-person therapy for a client with moderate aphasia and a cognitive communication impairment s/p TBI.
- Facilitated a SPEAK OUT Group, providing voice therapy and resources for 10+ participants with Parkinson's and dysarthria.
- Delivered in-person and telehealth therapy to a client with mild cognitive impairment, creating tailored treatment plans and materials, while enhancing family engagement through counseling and home exercise programs.
- Served as a student facilitator for a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) group, Aphasia Yoga Group.
- Served as a student facilitator in LOUD Crowd.
- Engaged as a conversation partner for clients who stutter, facilitating communication skills and practicing stuttering modification strategies.
Student Office Coordinator
Purdue University Residences and SummerConferences
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Trained, supervised, and scheduled about 15 student office staff members and enforced office disciplinary procedures as needed.
- Resolved organizational and procedural issues, acting as an on-call contact for staff inquiries, enhancing workplace efficiency.
- Led weekly meetings to address procedural updates, concerns, and scheduling of student staff.
- Facilitated communication between visiting summer conference groups and Purdue University Residences to coordinate housing and meal accommodation contracts.
- Drafted and formatted billing statements to send to summer conference groups through University Residences organizational system, StarRez.
Student Office Staff
Purdue University Residences
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Interacted with residents and other professionals in person, by phone, and through email to address inquiries or requests for keys, or various check-out items.
- Processed incoming mail for residents, organized and distributed mail within mailboxes or storage.
- Directed housing and mail-related inquiries to relevant staff, ensuring timely resolution of issues within an efficient timeframe.
Education
Master of Science - Speech, Language And Learning (Pathology)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL06.2025
Bachelor of Science - Speech Language And Hearing Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN12.2022
Skills
- Cognitive-communication therapy
- Swallowing therapy
- EpicCare / EMR familiarity
- Patient and Parent education
- Dysphagia management
- IEP development
- Interpersonal skills
- Team collaboration
Certification
- SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Parkinson's Voice Project student certification
- American Heart Association, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
- CITI Program Training: Social Science and Behavioral Science Research
- Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP) Standardized Training and Reliability Testing
- MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assesment Certification
Research Experience
Purdue University's Child Language Research Lab
Research Assistant - Summer Fun Program
- Assisted in preliminary language testing for study participants.
- Guided research sessions and completed live phonetic transcriptions during research sessions.
- Completed language samples with participants.
Timeline
Speech and Language Pathologist
District U-46
08.2025 - Current
Graduate Student Clinician- Acute Care
Advocate Christ Medical Center
03.2025 - 06.2025
Graduate Student Clinician
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
03.2025 - 03.2025
Graduate Student Clinician
District U-46
01.2025 - 03.2025
Graduate Student Clinician- Pediatric Populations
Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning
06.2024 - 12.2024
Graduate Student Clinician Adult Populations
Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning
01.2024 - 06.2024
Student Office Coordinator
Purdue University Residences and SummerConferences
08.2021 - 12.2022
Student Office Staff
Purdue University Residences
08.2020 - 08.2021
Master of Science - Speech, Language And Learning (Pathology)
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science - Speech Language And Hearing Sciences
Purdue University