{"id":1197,"date":"2026-09-10T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:40:32","slug":"katherine-pritchard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/katherine-pritchard\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Pritchard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/Pritchard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/Pritchard.jpg 450w, https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/Pritchard-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/Pritchard-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katherine Pritchard, BA, PGDip (SLT), PGCAP<br>Senior Research Associate, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I completed a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating in 2002. I then worked as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for 2 years, going on to qualify as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2006 from City University. I worked for the NHS until 2014 as a Paediatric SLT, working across community clinics, mainstream and special schools. In 2014 I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/pcls\/staff\/katherine-pritchard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The University of Reading<\/a> where I continue to work as a lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy. I continue to work clinically at Reading in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">C-STAR clinic<\/a>. I specialise in working with children with Speech Sound Disorder and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022 I started my PhD at the University of Reading, I am due to complete my PhD this year. The motivation for my PhD was to contribute to the development of evidence-based practice that is acceptable and relevant to everyday clinical practice.&nbsp; My doctoral research investigated how SLTs and parents work together to best support children with Speech Sound Disorder within direct therapy sessions and at home during home practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Current Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am currently working as a Senior Research Associate on the NIHR-funded MISLToe-SSD project at the Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other research projects I am involved in are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/detailed-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Database of developmental speech, language and communication disorder profiles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/slt-clinic\/clinic-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Family perspectives on professional advice on heritage language use in the context of communication disability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Linked profiles of academic outputs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orcid ID \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0179-2331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">0009-0005-0179-233<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research Gate \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Katherine-Pritchard-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Katherine PRITCHARD | Lecturer | University of Reading, Reading | Department of Psychology | Research profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katherine Pritchard, BA, PGDip (SLT), PGCAPSenior Research Associate, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust I completed a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating in 2002. I then worked as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for 2 years, going on to qualify as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2006 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}