Meet Your SLP

Ashley Hamill, MS, CCC-SLP

Founder & Owner

Play on Words Pathways LLC

pediatric speech language pathologist in field with cat in Grafton, MA

Photo by Heather Lynne Photography

Hi there! I’m so glad you found me here in this little corner of the internet. I am a pediatric speech-language pathologist based out of Grafton, MA with over 9 years of clinical, supervisory, and managerial experience across a variety of in-person and virtual pediatric settings. This includes outpatient private practice, preschool, elementary & middle schools, and pediatric outpatient hospitals.

I earned my BA in Psychology & Religion from Bucknell University in 2009. After gaining valuable work experience, I decided to pursue my MS in Communication Sciences & Disorders from the University of New Hampshire in 2016 where I specialized in Early Childhood Intervention & discovered my true passion - working with children and their families to help tiny humans become confident communicators.

I hold active state licenses in both Massachusetts and Colorado in addition to the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). I have extensive experience in the areas of speech sound disorders, fluency, and early language. I also have advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) by utilizing the Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) approach by Dr. Edythe Strand. This approach is also beneficial for many other speech sound disorders. You can locate me in the CAS SLP database here.

In my free time, you can find me hiking, camping, and backpacking all over New England and Colorado with my husband, Dave. When I’m not outside, I’m likely perfecting my chocolate chip cookie recipe, writing nature-inspired poetry, watching the Bachelor series (terrible taste, I know), or chasing after our 13 year old tuxedo cat, Digsby (pictured in my lap).