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Allison Hatcher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Allison Hatcher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
- Assistant Professor
Courses
  • CD 481 - Normal Speech and Language Development
  • CD 483 - Articulation and Phonology Disorders
  • CD 485 - Assessment in Communication Disorders
  • SLP 513 - Cognitive Communication Disorders
  • SLP 514 - Dysphagia
  • SLP 558 - Interprofessional Practice Across the Lifespan
  • SLP 572 - Contemporary Issues (Telepractice for SLP)
  • SLP 590 - Graduate Clinical Internship
Biography

Allison Hatcher is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). She has been with the department since 2009 when she began as an adjunct clinical educator. Dr. Hatcher completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at WKU and her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Kentucky in 2017.

Dr. Hatcher is a speech-language pathologist certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and licensed by the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Hatcher has been providing evaluation and treatment services to individuals with a variety of communication disorders since 2005. She has worked in a variety of settings including private and public schools, acute care and long-term care facilities, outpatient rehabilitation services, private practice, and home-based, early intervention services. Dr. Hatcher has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses for the CSD Department at WKU. She also served as a program leader for Hanen Parent Program at the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex at WKU and still works collaboratively with other universities and agencies on related research projects.

Her research and clinical work, both here and abroad, has largely focused on caregiver-implemented language interventions to target language impairment. Dr. Hatcher is passionate about providing family-centered services as well as training and empowering both university students and families to implement effective and evidence-based treatment strategies with individuals who have communication disorders.

Dr. Hatcher has expertise in telepractice; she was trained in 2018 by an American Telemedicine Association-approved program in Maine and has a Graduate Certificate in Telehealth from the University of Kentucky. She is currently conducting research on clinical education for telepractice in speech-language pathology programs.

Dr. Hatcher is a busy wife and mother to three school-age children. She enjoys an active lifestyle, attending her children’s sporting events, reading, cooking, and traveling abroad for pleasure and short-term mission work.

Research Interests
  • Caregiver-implemented Language Interventions for Children with Language Impairment
  • Training Naturalistic Language Strategies to Parents of Young Children with Autism and Social Communication Difficulties
  • Clinical Education in the University-based Setting
  • Parent-based Language and Literacy Intervention Programs
  • Training Student Clinicians in Telepractice
  • Effective Pedagogy in Telepractice Education for Speech-Language Pathology
  • Interprofessional Education and Service Learning with SLP Graduate Students using Bingocize®
  • Functional Cognitive Rehabilitation via Telehealth for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
Publications and Presentations

Publications:

Hatcher, A., Frost, K., Weiler, B., & Bland, L. (2022). A Survey of Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students' Perceptions of Telepractice Pre- and Post-training During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00196

Hatcher, A., & Page, J. (2019). Parent-implemented language intervention for teaching enhanced milieu teaching strategies to parents of low-socioeconomic status. Journal of Early Intervention, 42(2), 122-142.

Hatcher, C. A., Grisham-Brown, J., & Sese, K. (2019). Training caregivers in Guatemala to enhance language development in young children. Journal of International Special Needs Education, 22(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.9782/17-00021

 

Presentations:

Hatcher, C. A. & Hudson, C. (2022, February). A multisensory approach to speech and language intervention: Swinging Into Language. Kentucky Speech-language Hearing Association (KSHA) Annual Convention, Louisville, KY.

Green, K., Bland, L., Shackelford, J., Hatcher, A., & Brindle, B. Facilitating collaborative learning in communication sciences and disorders distance education. 2021 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) 2021Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., online session.

Hatcher, C. A. & Smith, R. (2021, February). Early Language Intervention via Telepractice: Helping Families Transition from In-person Services during the COVID-19 Crisis. Kentucky Speech-language Hearing Association (KSHA) Annual Convention, Lexington, KY.

Hatcher, C. A. & Hudson, C. (2020, February). A multisensory approach to speech and language intervention. Kentucky Speech-language Hearing Association (KSHA) Annual Convention, Lexington, KY.

Green, K., Bland, L., Dressler, R. Shackelford, J., Hatcher, A., & Brindle, B. Facilitating collaborative learning in communication sciences and disorders distance education. 2020 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, oral session (convention cancelled).

Hatcher, C. A. & Page, J. (2019, February). Teaching enhanced milieu teaching strategies to parents from low-income environments. Poster session presented at the Kentucky Speech-language Hearing Association (KSHA) Annual Convention, Lexington, KY.

 

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