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Intake Fact Sheet
Ann A. Helmus, Ph.D., Director Dr. Helmus is a clinical neuropsychologist who co-founded the Children’s Evaluation Center (CEC) in Newton, MA and served as co-director there for almost ten years. She received her undergraduate degree in Neural Science from Brown University and earned her doctorate at Boston University School of Medicine. Her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology was completed at Children’s Hospital in Boston, where she remained on staff for seven years. Concurrently, she served as neuropsychologist to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinic at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Dr. Helmus specializes in the evaluation of children with learning and attentional disorders, as well as primary neurological disorders. In addition to assessing children, she also provides consultation and training to both public and private school systems. She frequently makes presentations to groups of parents, particularly on the topics of non-verbal learning disability and executive functioning. She is the mother of two school-age children. Hear Dr. Ann Helmus on WAMC Northeast Public Radio A lengthy interview with Dr. Ann Helmus has been broadcast on
the WAMC Northeast Public Radio show “The Tech Club”. Her recorded comments are
also featured on the “Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
ON THE AIR!” website ( http://womeninscience.org/).
Listen to an interview with Dr. Ann Helmus on Public Radio's Women in Science: The Tech Club, here. Learning Styles of Children with Communications Disorders NESCA Director Dr. Ann Helmus has written an article on language-based learning disabilities and other communications disorders and their potential impact on a child’s learning style. It originally appeared in Chatter Matters, an informative e-newsletter published quarterly by Chatterboxes, our affiliated speech-language pathology practice. If you’d like to subscribe to it, simply send an email to evan@teamchatterboxes.com. Meanwhile, here’s a link to her article: Read Dr. Helmus on Language-Based Learning Disabilities Here NESCA's First Birthday! Believe it or not, in September, 2008 NESCA celebrated its first anniversary, and what a wonderful thrilling, wholly fulfilling year it was, thanks in large part to your confidence, occasional patience and above all, the trust you have placed in us by allowing us to help you in the care of your children. To commemorate the occasion, Dr. Ann Helmus wrote a "thank you" letter to NESCA staff, friends and supporters. Here's a link: Read the Anniversary Letter from Dr. Helmus Here |
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