Cristina Busu Carter, MS, BCBA

Founder of Help, Hope, Solutions

Cristina earned her master's degree in Early Childhood Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas and her bachelor's degree in Psychology. She has completed a post-graduate coursework at the University of North Texas in preparation for her BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst), which she received in summer 2007. Cristina's nine+ years of experience working with children encompasses four years of public school teaching (certified in grades 1st-4th) and five+ years of working with children with autism and other developmental delays as a Floor time and/or ABA therapist, trainer, team lead, and consultant.

Through this experience, she has had the opportunity to work with dozens of children (from 14 months to 12 years of age) across the autism spectrum, children with various developmental delays, ADD/ADHD, and children with above-average intelligence diagnosed with high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome.

She currently develops and implements intervention programs, provides parent, therapist and teacher training; creates behavior intervention programs for home, school natural environment settings; conducts developmental and functional assessments; develops and implements Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals; and participates in school Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD) meetings.

Cristina's unique, blended approach combining ABA and Floor-Time therapies has been widely praised for providing customized, comprehensive strategies addressing the language, cognitive and social needs needed to navigate today's complex social world.

Cristina is an active member of the International Association of Behavior Analysis (www.abainternational.org), the Texas Association of Behavior Analysis (www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/index.htm) and the North Texas Autism Special Interest Group.