Toni is a licensed, ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language and Language Disorders. Her areas of expertise include childhood apraxia of speech and other speech sound disorders, developmental language disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. She has presented at local, state, and national levels on these, and other topics. Prior to joining the faculty in the Communication Disorders Division at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1987, Toni practiced as a speech-language pathologist in Iowa, Wyoming, and Nebraska. Toni and her business partner opened Communication Works in June 2014 to continue their professional careers with a slightly different emphasis. Toni has served as treasurer and president of the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association; member of the Council of State Association Presidents; secretary of the Nebraska Board of Examiners in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; president of the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Endowment Fund; Inaugural Cadre Advisor for the Specialty Board on Child Language; and secretary for the Executive Committee of the Nebraska State Stroke Association.