Alyssa Boucher, PhD, CCC-SLP

Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests

My primary clinical and research interests are in the areas of speech sound disorders and early literacy development of young children with communication disorders. I am also interested in designing flexible learning environments to support meaningful classroom participation for children with communication differences through the use of universal design for learning (UDL).

Courses Taught

Selected Presentations

• Johnson, V. & Boucher, A.R. (2024). Developing an inclusive curriculum and critically reflective teaching in speech-language pathology [Podium presentation]. American Speech, Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
• Boucher, A.R., & Carney, A. (2023). Mini modules: A “just-in-time” approach to clinical readiness [Podium presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.
• Boucher, A.R., Maietta, J., Cotter, K., & Tewksbary, N. (2023). Fostering clinical judgment: Supervisor and student clinician perspectives on implementing interventions for speech sound disorders [Podium presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.
• Davison, K.E., Valladares, M., Gray-Bauer, H., Boucher, A.R., & Zuk, J. (2023). Parents’ oral reading expressiveness in shared reading: Associations with parents’ language-related skills and language interaction [Podium presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
• DeLuca, T., Boucher, A.R., & Maietta, J. (2023). Designing community-centered clinical instruction for graduate students [Podium presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
• Davison, K.E., Boucher, A.R., & Zuk, J. (2023). Parental self-efficacy is associated with parental history of language-based learning difficulties and children’s shared reading exposure [Poster presentation]. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
• DeLuca, T. & Boucher, A.R. (2023). Leveraging clinical education in community-based tier 2 literacy instruction [Poster presentation]. Speech, Language, and Learning Intervention Virtual Research Symposium (SLLIVRS). Virtual, Arizona State University.
• Boucher, A.R., Ito, M.N., Graham, M., Balz, M., Carney, A., & Howland, K. (2022). Cultivating student-faculty collaborations for the advancement of anti-racist and anti-bias education in speech-language pathology [Podium presentation]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
• Boucher, A.R., & Schlichtmann, G. (2021). Leveraging Interprofessional Practices: Reducing Barriers to Learning for Students with Communication Disorders in the Classroom. Podium presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Convention. Washington, DC.

Selected Publications

List of published works: Google Scholar 

• Boucher, A.R., Rappolt-Schlictmann, G., & Hensler, E. (2025). Universal design for learning: A shared language to create a culture of collaboration and leverage interprofessional practice. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(3), 581—597. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-24-0014
• DeLuca, T., Boucher, A.R., & Holyfield, C. (2024). Accessible Literacy for Emerging Communicators (ALEC): A proposed model and case application with children on the autism spectrum. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1, 236—248. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_persp-24-00107
• Davison, K.E., Ronderos, J., Gomez, S., Boucher, A.R., & Zuk, J. (2024). Caregiver self-efficacy in relation to caregivers’ history of language and reading difficulties and children’s shared reading experiences. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 55(3), 853—869. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00067
• MacLellan, L.E., Stepp, C. E., Fager, S. K., Mentis, M., Boucher, A.R., Abur, D., & Cler, G. J. (2023). Evaluating Camera Mouse as a computer access system for augmentative and alternative communication in cerebral palsy: a case study. Assistive Technology, 36(3), 217–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2023.2242893
• Spencer, C., Davison, K., Boucher, A.R., Zuk, J. (2022). Speech perception variability in childhood apraxia of speech: Implications for assessment and intervention. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_LSHSS-21-00170
• Rappolt-Schlichtmann, G., Boucher, A. R., & Evans, M. (2018). From deficit remediation to capacity building: Learning to enable rather than disable students with dyslexia. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(4), 864-874. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-003

Licenses and Certifications

• Certificate of Clinical Competence, American Speech, Language, and Hearing
  Association (CCC-SLP)
• Massachusetts State Licensure in Speech Language Pathology
• State of Massachusetts, Educator’s License

Awards and Honors

• Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award, Sargent College (2023)