This episode provides a conversation with Alyssa Boucher, a Clinical Assistant Professor at Sargent College. Specializing in speech-language pathology, she introduced how parents can help with young children’s early literacy, especially during homeschooling.
About Professor Boucher (bouchera@bu.edu): Her primary clinical and research interests are in the areas of speech sound disorders and early literacy development of young children with communication disorders. She is 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).
The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs (kjacobs@bu.edu), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College.
Marial Williams (marialw@bu.edu), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.
