Ann A. Helmus, Ph.D.

Ann Helmus, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist who has practiced for more than 16 years. In 1996, Dr. Helmus jointly founded the Children's Evaluation Center (CEC) in Newton, MA, and then served as co-director there for almost ten years. During that time, CEC emerged as a leading regional center for the diagnosis and remediation of both learning disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

In September of 2007, Dr. Helmus established NESCA (Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents), a client and family-centered group of seasoned neuropsychologists and allied staff, many of whom she trained, striving to create and refine innovative clinical protocols and dedicated to setting new standards of care in the field.

She is also an active participant in the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative, a collaborative effort between Massachusetts Advocates for Children and the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, a project involving a multi-disciplinary group of professionals working together to better define the educational needs of children who have been traumatized.

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 disabilities and attention deficits, 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 adolescents in high school.

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/).

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Listen to an interview with Dr. Ann Helmus on Public Radio's Women in Science: The Tech Club, here.