Meet our Team
Speech-Language Pathologists
Courtney Hamilton, MS, CCC-SLP Founder + Director
Courtney is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She graduated from The University of Alabama in 2008, and she received her Master of Science degree for Communication Disorders at The University of Montevallo, where she graduated with highest honors. Courtney is LAMP certified, received specialized training in Hanen’s It Takes Two To Talk approach in New York, and is a member of the Apraxia Kids directory of SLPs. She has worked in a variety of settings including preschools, public schools, a multi-disciplinary pediatric clinic, a diagnostic center, and hospitals. Courtney has experience working with children of all ages with communication delays and disorders. She is passionate about providing individualized, meaningful care for all clients, while making therapy fun and enjoyable.
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Valerie B. Chavers, MS, CCC-SLP
Valerie is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from The University of Alabama in 2011. While teaching third grade, Valerie encountered and worked with many children with speech and language disorders. Feeling called to pursue a career in speech pathology, she returned to school. She received a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from The University of Alabama in 2016. Valerie has worked in a variety of settings including preschool, early intervention, hospital, and a multi-disciplinary pediatric clinic. During her time as a speech pathologist she has been blessed to have had the opportunity to work with many children with various speech and language disorders. These include childhood apraxia of speech, fluency disorders, speech-sound disorders, language delay, and speech-language disorders resulting from autism spectrum disorder, Rhett syndrome, Hunter syndrome, and Down syndrome, among others. Valerie's specialties include language development and speech sound disorders. She is very excited to be here at Connect, following her passion of helping children reach their full potential and families reach their goals!
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Sarah H. Brooks, MCD, CCC-SLP
Sarah is thrilled to be part of the Connect team! She is a licensed and certified speech language pathologist with the state of Alabama and Georgia and the American Speech and Hearing Association. She is a graduate of Auburn University where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree, Master of Science Degree and a Master of Communication Disorders. She has worked with children of all ages in both the public school and private practice settings. Her specialties include articulation, phonology, pragmatics, language and fluency disorders. She has experience working with autism spectrum disorders as well as developmental speech and language delays. She is passionate about helping children communicate so they can make their voices heard!
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Emma Walker, MS, CCC-SLP
Emma is so excited to be a part of the Connect team! She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders, and her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Alabama. Emma has worked in a variety of settings including early intervention, private practice, and a multi-disciplinary pediatric clinic. She has experience working with children of all ages with an array of speech and language delays and disorders. These include speech-sound disorders, language delay, fluency disorders, and speech-language disorders resulting from autism spectrum disorder. Emma enjoys working with families to help their children feel confident communicating and expressing themselves to their loved ones.
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Emmalie Aldag, MS, CCC-SLP
Emmalie is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who specializes in pediatrics. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders from the University of Alabama. She graduated with highest honors and received her Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of South Alabama. Emmalie spent her final semester of graduate school working with and getting to know the families here at Connect. She has treated pediatric patients with feeding, fluency, speech/language delays and disorders subsequent to developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, among others. She has experience in diverse settings such as hospitals, multidisciplinary pediatric clinics, and public schools. Emmalie’s interest in the field of Speech-Language Pathology is based on her passion to meaningfully impact the lives of children and families affected by communication deficits. She strives to provide an encouraging, fun and safe environment to increase confidence to communicate and to support families through the process.
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Kassidy Locke, MS, CF-SLP
Kassidy is very excited to begin her professional career as a part of the Connect team! She received her Bachelor of Science in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences from Auburn University, and her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Montevallo. She has clinical experience working in multi-disciplinary pediatric settings, public schools, skilled nursing facilities, and pediatric private practice. Kassidy has a proficiency in the Spanish language after taking over 6 years of Spanish in school! She has treated children of all ages with a variety of speech and language disorders including speech-sound disorders, language delay, fluency, childhood apraxia of speech, speech-language disorders resulting from autism spectrum disorder, and speech-language disorders secondary to a variety of genetic disorders. She is passionate about patient advocacy as well as caregiver education to give every child a voice!
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